Category: drawing
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Dignity, a Shape
Images contain thoughts. We need images to think. Some images have more vocal thoughts than others. While I drew this a question kept resurfacing: could dignity be contained in a shape, in form alone? There is something dignified about inner proportion and balance. Of course! Nature has dignity. Trees, vegetables, seashells, skeletons: they do not…
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Ink Drawing and a Note on Effortless Effort
The titanic effort that we sometimes suspect is required for what we want–whether to calm our restless inner chatter, to attain peace, happiness, or motivation–is what prevents us from attaining it. Over the last couple of days, I have not been able to shake this image of a mother putting her infant to bed. An…
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12 Ways of Looking at It
I’m excited to have this design made available by demand for printing on clothing by a company called Design By Humans. I’m calling the soundscape “Opticentric” in keeping with the theme. It and the drawing were finished at about the same time. Shout out to Alphonso Dunn, whose eye ink studies have been a great…
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Show, Don’t Tell: Using Biomimicry to Instill a Growth Mindset
“Show the readers everything, tell them nothing.” – Ernest Hemingway “In my view, nothing’s ever given away. I believe to advance that you must pay.” – Young Fathers Translating literally to “expedient” and roughly to “skill in means,” the Buddhist concept of upaya offers a space to think through the dilemmas of engagement in education. …
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More Drawing in Zack’s Sketchbook (Time-Lapse)
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-ap_v0Jrqs&w=560&h=315]
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Drawing Parted Clouds with Watercolor Pencils in my Sketchbook
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[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwAAVIW2HoI&w=560&h=315]
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Drawing an Earthly Growth in Watercolor Pencils + a Guitar Tune
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxVp2E-qQrk&w=560&h=315] Here’s a two minute time lapse of a 2.75 hour drawing paired with a two minute guitar tune. The tune comes from a loop I recorded, then did three takes for the lead part and ended up leaving all three takes. Added some swells and percussive elements in post.