Danny Gregory — The Joy Project

Continuing the Art of Play
August 4, 2021

Artist: Danny Gregory

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Artist:

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Danny Gregory has written a dozen internationally best-selling books on art and creativity. He is the founder of Sketchbook Skool with tens of thousands of students worldwide.

Through his books and in the large online communities he oversees, Danny has shown tens of thousands of people how to ignite their inner artists, embrace their creativity and tell the stories of their lives. From Boston to Beijing, people who haven’t drawn since grade school have picked up the creative habit and have gone on to publish books of their own and show and sell their artwork.

Danny is the founder of Sketchbook Skool, a video-based art school designed to inspire creative storytelling through illustrated journaling. Taught by the world’s best illustrators, artists and educators, Sketchbook Skool encourages its global community of over 50,000 students to draw and keep a sketchbook regardless of skill level.

Danny spent three decades as one of New York’s leading advertising creative directors and has created award-winning, global campaigns for clients like Chase, JPMorgan, American Express, IBM, Burger King, Ford, Chevron and many others

Danny was born in London, grew up in Pakistan, Australia, and Israel, and graduated summa cum laude from Princeton University. He lives in Phoenix, AZ.

Warm-up

Grab a mirror or a photo of yourself. We are going to warm up with blind contour drawings of ourselves. Try a couple and then pick one to fill in with color.

Reference my blind contour video and the video tutorial in the link below:
Blind Contour Tutorial

Project

Using any medium you wish, create one or more selfies (self-portraits of yourself).

Reference Danny Gregory's fun style and his use of many different materials.

Try something different.

- collage or cut paper
- paints
- pen and ink
- oil pastels
- paint pens
- colored pencils
- watercolor

This does not have to look like a perfect self-portrait. Capture your essence, your style, your personality.

Have fun!!!

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