Great post - really like your drawings! I joined a similar club at my last school- the Sketchbook Circle. Each week a different theme that you could illustrate however you wished and then the book would get passed onto someone else with the end goal that you’d get your original one back with other people’s work, too. It was fun - though I often found myself doing my ‘homework’ the night before it was due! I think you should include a sketch in your letters - that would be a great addition!
It sounds like we had similar passions. For many years, I pursued art and found a great community on Instagram. I wanted to be a cartoonist or comic artist. I did pretty well, but it never really connected. It was also around the time that Instagram was really tanking in terms of it's direction and support of non-video content. Alas, here I am on Substack and loving writing 😁 I second the notion about adding some sketches to your posts. If you enjoy it, I say go for it!
Wow, Mark, I'm impressed! Maybe you could do a simple sketch for each newsletter like Robert Reich does. It might just revive those cartoonist ambitions!
Loved your drawings, Mark! Even before COVID, I tried fiddling around with those new "adult coloring books," and bought the attendant passel o' colored pencils. I found it amazing how many mazes/squiggly lines-type books there were (not a fan), and how few books focused on my preferred landscape/houses-type themes!
Only managed to finish one or two pages, as it happens; I already knew I couldn't draw, but wanted to see if this new coloring fad was worth sticking with or not. A "no" from me! Best stick to writing!💻
Hey Mark, great drawings! You must be reading my mind. This weekend, I'm going to post something about my artistic talents and my journey to where I ended up.
You said you were interested in cartooning. An idea might be to create a cartoon series you could post here. Of course, finding the time to do it might be an issue. Just my 2 cents.
Thanks for sharing Mark! You did well! When I think of drawing, I hear Captain Kirk’s ramble of boldly going where no man has gone before! Probably because I can’t draw a circle ⭕️ and make the ends meet. (Thank goodness for protractors lol)
Some of us must express ourselves differently- therefore I Bake. Haha. Drawing is definitely a talent. 😉
Great post - really like your drawings! I joined a similar club at my last school- the Sketchbook Circle. Each week a different theme that you could illustrate however you wished and then the book would get passed onto someone else with the end goal that you’d get your original one back with other people’s work, too. It was fun - though I often found myself doing my ‘homework’ the night before it was due! I think you should include a sketch in your letters - that would be a great addition!
It sounds like we had similar passions. For many years, I pursued art and found a great community on Instagram. I wanted to be a cartoonist or comic artist. I did pretty well, but it never really connected. It was also around the time that Instagram was really tanking in terms of it's direction and support of non-video content. Alas, here I am on Substack and loving writing 😁 I second the notion about adding some sketches to your posts. If you enjoy it, I say go for it!
Wow, Mark, I'm impressed! Maybe you could do a simple sketch for each newsletter like Robert Reich does. It might just revive those cartoonist ambitions!
Ooooo--this plays right into some ideas I’ve been tossing around that will show up in Midweek Musings tomorrow. Stay tuned...
Loved your drawings, Mark! Even before COVID, I tried fiddling around with those new "adult coloring books," and bought the attendant passel o' colored pencils. I found it amazing how many mazes/squiggly lines-type books there were (not a fan), and how few books focused on my preferred landscape/houses-type themes!
Only managed to finish one or two pages, as it happens; I already knew I couldn't draw, but wanted to see if this new coloring fad was worth sticking with or not. A "no" from me! Best stick to writing!💻
Love that seagull one.
Hey Mark, great drawings! You must be reading my mind. This weekend, I'm going to post something about my artistic talents and my journey to where I ended up.
You said you were interested in cartooning. An idea might be to create a cartoon series you could post here. Of course, finding the time to do it might be an issue. Just my 2 cents.
Thanks for sharing Mark! You did well! When I think of drawing, I hear Captain Kirk’s ramble of boldly going where no man has gone before! Probably because I can’t draw a circle ⭕️ and make the ends meet. (Thank goodness for protractors lol)
Some of us must express ourselves differently- therefore I Bake. Haha. Drawing is definitely a talent. 😉