creative life
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Sue sketches Ursula
Disclaimer: the “quotes” written around the drawings are what I think heard Ursula Le Guin say during her talk at Powell’s books – any and all errors, miss-scribbles and darn-doodles are mine and mine alone. Any and all brilliance, insight and encouragement is Ursula Le Guin’s. Her website is http://www.ursulakleguin.com/ and she does stuff here:…
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write err wrong
Working on some new artwork for an upcoming fine art exhibit (www.caplanartdesigns.com) … and I’ve been thinking about how a successful creative life is due to trial and error, the willingness to make a mess and be “wrong”, a commitment to practice, to play and have fun. Here’s a recent artwork on the theme titled:…
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write pasta
I’m reading about writing/creativity while I’m making a pasta dish… here’s my sketchbook notes:
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advice for creatives from Neil Gaiman
Since I’m a creative type – I keep a look-out for “good advice” on living the creative life well. Always have. Never know when it might be needed. I keep such advice in my sketchbooks (some gets posted on my blog at www.sueclancy.com ). Today I came across this link from Neil Gaiman (one of…
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Essential Art Studio Equipment
One of the best “how to be a professional artist” advice I ever got: Learn to cook! 2nd best advice: Get a rice cooker – slow cooker combo that has a timer and a “keep warm” setting. (This way dinner cooks while I work – and when dinner is done if I’m still working my…
