Neal Battaglia

In Carla Sonheim’s Drawing Lab book (amazon link) there are many different ideas for approaching drawing. One that I found very useful was that you don’t need to reimagine everything you draw. There are a ton of inspiring things in the world. You can even get inspiration in strange places. Like cracks in the cement. ….  Read More

Sometimes I would draw things and not like them. Part of the time I would change them and they would get better, other times I would just move on to something different. Here is the first penguin that I drew,

A few days later I drew an elephant. My sister did question my political leanings, but then decided it was okay given the time of year.

I drew a little bit more in 2012, but not too often or consistently. My process was basically to slowly sketch out things with small lines. Would use watercolor and pen a little (within the app) in addition the pencil. Here’s a sketch from a few months later of a butterfly.

I drew this cat using the app ‘Paper by 53’ on September 4, 2012. It was inspired very directly by the instructions in Carla Sonheim’s Drawing Lab book (amazon link) I first heard about her in an interview with her and Sean D’Souza. Posted it online, and this is the commentary I got, Laura Jean ….  Read More