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Delightful, July 20, 2011
This review is from: Drawn In: A Peek into the Inspiring Sketchbooks of 44 Fine Artists, Illustrators, Graphic Designers, and Cartoonists (Paperback)
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I got to know of this book from Book By Its Cover, which is the blog of the author Julia Rothman. I visit her blog regularly to check out lesser known art books. She does a great job featuring artists and their books. Drawn In seems like an extension of the blog in a book format. There are 44 artists featured in this book. Each comes with a profile, an interview and pages from their sketchbooks. There's a nice variety of wildly differing styles, all very unique and raw. Most are doodles of imagination, some simple, some intricate, there are pages drawn with pencils and others created from mixed media. It's interesting to see what these artists fill in their sketchbooks because you can never guess what's inside. Katy Horan draws dark spooky women, Rob Dunlavey seems to like to draw castles, Chad Kouri creates lettering, Ted McGrath's book is well worn with the many things pasted onto the pages. I like the interviews that talk about how they use their sketchbooks, their various inspiration, and you can learn more about their personalities. With the exception of the author, the rest of the artists are all new to me. Delightful book. More for those who like doodle-like imaginative drawings. (There are more pictures of the book on my blog. Just visit my Amazon profile for the link.)
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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Fun Book!, August 15, 2011
This review is from: Drawn In: A Peek into the Inspiring Sketchbooks of 44 Fine Artists, Illustrators, Graphic Designers, and Cartoonists (Paperback)
I really enjoyed looking at the journals of the 44 artists. Some are artistic, some abstract and some just cartoons. It is rather liberating for me to see these and not try so much to be a perfectionist in my journals. Love this book.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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Immediate honesty in unworked sketchbooks of published artists, July 2, 2011
This review is from: Drawn In: A Peek into the Inspiring Sketchbooks of 44 Fine Artists, Illustrators, Graphic Designers, and Cartoonists (Paperback)
Interest in Julia Rothman's blog of artist sketchbooks evolved into a visual anthology of artists' sketchbook excerpts and descriptions of their personal creative process. The unvarnished immediacy of line on page inspires encourages entrances with the unique potential inherent in every human being. The usual domain of unspoken self-reflection is generously shared in response to questions about courage, beginning work, showing, selling, personal reverie. Multiple two-page spreads for each of the 44 artist's work are depicted with answers to: what childhood influence most impacts your artistic life now? what do you use your sketchbook for (casual sketch, finished work before presentation, working out composition and color palette, brain hard drive to remember new ideas, experimenting, etc)? how many sketchbooks do you have? why that size of book? what media do you use in sketchbooks? when and where do you sketch? what is your work process? is your completed work similar or different than your sketchbooks? Also view DVD 1000 Journals, read Fearless Creating: A Step-by-Step Guide To Starting and Completing Your Work of Art, Inner Journeying Through Art-journaling: Learning to See And Record Your Life As a Work of Art and Flourish: A Visionary New Understanding of Happiness and Well-being. Informative insight into the diversity of artists' work process, reaffirming we are all different and distinct in what we create, where, when and how it is produced, our preferences prejudices and personality are worthy of sharing. Each artist's uniqueness informs their expression in the world, whether visual A Different Kind of Luxury: Japanese Lessons in Simple Living and Inner Abundance, gustatory ( Julie & Julia), auditory (ocean surf, waterfalls, music) Zen Garden, tactile Faith and Transformation: Votive Offerings and Amulets from the Alexander Girard Collection or aromatic 2 Dozen Long Stem (24 inch) Pink Fresh Roses ONLY BY SPRING IN THE AIR. and represents a needed contribution to the 7 billion piece puzzle of humanity. Drawn In offers sketchbook glimpses of creativity at work. An afternoon at the home of artist (painted glass, wood carving, acrylic painting) Aida Perez in Ecuador gifted me with immersion in the aesthetic environment formed by an artist for her own inspiration. Despite the recent death of husband Alberto she continues her tradition of gustatory hospitality (frozen meringue covered with hot blackberry sauce she calls My Grandmother). Freely roaming her home is invited, and surprises constantly amaze, ferns draping a footed tub, shaped stones, carved wood, the visual pleasure of an artist's abode. Drawn in offers a tantalizing peek into the possibilities of an aesthetic life. Five stars.
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