This week, Danny talks to Beth Trembley about her new graphic novel, Look Again and how making art helped her process a traumatic event.About Beth:Beth grew up knowing herself to be a kid who could write but who could not draw. Everyone else in the family created visual art, but she just couldn't make anything that looked good.  In her late thirties, she realized that she could probably become a better draw-er if she approached it the way she approached writing:  daily practice, lots of experimentation, a sense of humor, and teachers!  Betty Edwards' Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain and Danny Gregory's The Creative License were the two most inspirational companions she had on her way.  Beth knew she didn't want to become a fine artist, but someone who used the visual to enhance storytelling.  And, she just wanted to be able to draw fun short comics that captured her adventures with her dogs.In April of 2014, her progress leaped forward when she enrolled in the first klasses offered by Sketchbook Skool and became exposed to so many different teachers and the wonderful community of fun, challenging sketchbook artists.  She began to draw and paint every day.  She created sketches of events and animals and people and trees and buildings and, really, everything.  She combined these with writing into illustrated journals.   She took other classes with teachers she encountered in Sketchbook Skool.  She attended SketchKon in California and loved meeting so many virtual colleagues!In 2017 Beth decided she was finally brave enough to get serious about creating comics, so she began what became several years of in-person and online study at both the Center for Cartoon Studies and the Sequential Artists Workshop.  The wonders of using comics as a medium for telling her own stories opened up possibilities and power she had barely imagined.  In 2019, after thirty years of college teaching, she retired to work more fully in comics.  In addition to creating comics, Beth currently teaches comics and graphic memoir online and in-person.  In particular, she runs the Graphic Memoir + Medicine group and teaches multi-week courses in graphic memoir for the Sequential Artists Workshop.Her graphic memoir, Look Again, is her first published work in comics.Look Again, Street Noise Books, 2022.   Purchase from bookshop.org or amazon.com or your local bookseller!Website:  https://elizabethtrembley.com/Instagram: @elizabeth_trembleyTeaching at Sequential Artists Workshop:  https://learn.sawcomics.org/ Get your free ebook and newsletter at https://sketchbookskool.com/Write to us at podcast@sketchbookskool.com Subscribe to Danny's weekly Essay at dannysessays.com. Watch the video of this interview on YouTube: https://skool.tiny.us/podvideos And learn more at sketchbookskool.com

This week Danny talks to Ann Lemon about the legacy of her son, artist Amos Lemon Burkhart, and the foundation she established to extend his message and combat teen suicide.You can support the Foundation's work at their upcoming benefit on Friday, November 4th from 6 to 9 pm. For tickets and information about Amos, see amoslemon.org. You can also find exhibit information at stayalivemakeart.org Get your free ebook and newsletter at https://sketchbookskool.com/Write to us at podcast@sketchbookskool.com Subscribe to Danny's weekly Essay at dannysessays.com. Watch the video of this interview on YouTube: https://skool.tiny.us/podvideos And learn more at sketchbookskool.com

This week John and Danny talk about inspiration.From Season 3 of "art for all," the Sketchbook Skool podcast. Join artists/authors, Danny Gregory and John Muir Laws in rich discussions about the creative process.Get your free ebook and essays at DannysEssays.comDannysEssays.compodcast@sketchbookskool.com Get your free ebook and newsletter at https://sketchbookskool.com/Write to us at podcast@sketchbookskool.com Subscribe to Danny's weekly Essay at dannysessays.com. Watch the video of this interview on YouTube: https://skool.tiny.us/podvideos And learn more at sketchbookskool.com

This week John and Danny dive into the world of art supplies as they discuss some of their favorite tools, as well as their go-to travel kits and journals. Listen along as they ultimately answer the question- Does your choice of art supplies really matter?From Season 3 of "art for all," the Sketchbook Skool podcast. Join artists/authors, Danny Gregory and John Muir Laws in rich discussions about the creative process.  Get your free ebook and newsletter at https://sketchbookskool.com/Write to us at podcast@sketchbookskool.com Subscribe to Danny's weekly Essay at dannysessays.com. Watch the video of this interview on YouTube: https://skool.tiny.us/podvideos And learn more at sketchbookskool.com

From Season 3 of "art for all," the Sketchbook Skool podcast. Join artists/authors, Danny Gregory and John Muir Laws in rich discussions about the creative process. This week John and Danny talk about their lifelong passions and how keeping a sketchbooks has helped deepen them. We also talk about reading in dreams, strategies for dyslexia, vigilance, and remembering the empanada. Get your free ebook and newsletter at https://sketchbookskool.com/Write to us at podcast@sketchbookskool.com Subscribe to Danny's weekly Essay at dannysessays.com. Watch the video of this interview on YouTube: https://skool.tiny.us/podvideos And learn more at sketchbookskool.com

The challenges and surprises of launching a successful creative business. A frank and in-depth discussion on the past five years of SketchBook Skool with co-founders Danny Gregory and Koosje Koene and Dean of Students Morgan Green.NOTE: This is the last episode of Season One. We will return soon with the new season. For updates, please subscribe to the free Sketchbook Skool Zine.SketchbookSkool Get your free ebook and newsletter at https://sketchbookskool.com/Write to us at podcast@sketchbookskool.com Subscribe to Danny's weekly Essay at dannysessays.com. Watch the video of this interview on YouTube: https://skool.tiny.us/podvideos And learn more at sketchbookskool.com

How to avoid the labels that limit your creativity. A meditation on what happens when you follow your passion with loads of real life examples that may surprise you. Get your free ebook and newsletter at https://sketchbookskool.com/Write to us at podcast@sketchbookskool.com Subscribe to Danny's weekly Essay at dannysessays.com. Watch the video of this interview on YouTube: https://skool.tiny.us/podvideos And learn more at sketchbookskool.com