Sketching out some ideas in my journal that I want to try in big paper later today…
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Snapshot from My Studio: April 10, 2019 at 09:02PM
Practicing different buildings on flip chart paper. .
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195: Art Is Connection for Mike Brennan
Mike Brennan shares experiences through art & design.
Some of his work includes custom “Rockstar” pet portraits, pop culture art, yoga art, live event sketching, original paintings, and graphic design. He recently authored & illustrated the books Dear Snow: One Man’s Angry Rant Against Winter, The Art of Yoga, and Dear Human: What Your Dog is Really Thinking. While the media and subject matter may vary, he creates art that shares experiences to form connections with his audience.
His art has been featured on AMC’s Talking Dead, and the Syfy channel’s artist spotlight.
In this episode we talked about: [Read more…]
Snapshot from My Studio: April 09, 2019 at 10:44AM
In visual facilitation, simplicity and speed are key. Way more important than realism or aesthetics. “Learning to draw” means something different when your goal is to communicate concepts than when your goal is to express the glory of a landscape (or whatever).
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Here is a flip chart filled with dogs, as I practice communicating “dog” visually as quickly as possible! 🖍
These dogs aren’t going to win any awards for artistic achievement, but that’s not what visual thinking is about. It’s about communication of ideas. So if my “star dogs” or “stick figure dogs” communicate the idea of “dog” or “dog-ness” to a viewer, they are a 💯% success! 😊 After being mired in the perfectionist paralysis swamp of the art world for so long, there’s something really liberating about that. .
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Snapshot from My Studio: April 08, 2019 at 11:04AM
Practicing drawing 3D boxes at my flip chart. As you can see, they get better with practice! 😊
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