“I am a writer who draws.”

Saul Steinberg

TASTE/INSPIRATION

Taste is not an inherent quality, it needs to grow alongside other artistic skills like drawing, reading and seeing. One way of maintaining a fresh perspective is keeping track of the art you consume and revisit, most commonly by maintaining an inspiration folder.

Your sources can include anything: illustrations, paintings, photographs, books, quotes, poems, jokes, overheard phrases, noticed details, walks, memories, food, sounds, accidental arrangements, anything that moves, amuses, puzzles or interests you.

TOOLS/MATERIALS

Starting with the next class you’re expected to bring a sketchbook or scrap paper to each session, as well as basic drawing tools.

You may use any medium you like for the assignments in this class, however you’re encouraged to try out different tools and experiment. For the thumbnail sketches it’s best to use a pencil or a pen.

If you’re working digitally, you can bring a laptop and show your work on the monitor, however keep in mind that colors often get significantly distorted that way, and a sense of scale is much easier to judge on a printed page.