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Takes me forever sometimes but I'm now using my seeded notebook. I'm really rusty, but this awesome method of shaking the cobwebs loose and getting back to work is helping a lot. Still have a long way to go, of course, but at least the journey is more fun than it used to be. Really glad I had the chance to take this course.

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I'm very grateful to get the chance to take this amazing class. Of course, I'm running behind, as usual, but I managed to finally get my first notebook bound. Now on to the next stage. I learned a ton working on the collages and am happy to say I could feel my process getting looser and way more enjoyable. Plus I bought a Squiggle Pen and gathered up a huge pile of super-crooked sticks to draw with.

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I am just getting started but wanted to say thank you for such a great class! I have lots of ideas and things I want to try. Will be getting more big sheets of paper soon, lots of scraps to find a home for.

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This was an amazing and inspiring workshop! I learned a lot about new materials and techniques. Now I have 16 new projects to work on. I like the idea of taking my time and not to try to finish the pages all at once.

Thanks again - it was one of the best workshops I had within the last years! 👍🏻

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Thank you for all the inspiration Henrik D

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Thank you for all the inspiration Henrik D

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Such a humble thing to say that you have no more to teach us but playing banjo!
My patterns come from ZenTangles. The book started out with random pieces and has developed as a therapeutic playground. I'm self taught as well and enjoy the freedom in that. You have contributed with a valuable  tool, thank you!

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Don't know where it came from or what it is.

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This is the final class , now you know everything I know, I don’t have much else to teach you unless you want to learn how to pick the banjo as poorly as I do.

I’m really impressed by the overall level of the work I’ve seen, I hope that you’ve gotten something out of these sessions , I sure have.

Lately I’ve come to the understanding that at our basic artistic core there lies a central idea which we work on our entire lives, like a mantra it repeats and inserts itself into every creative thing we do,

I observe this in the work that you’ve posted these weeks, some call it ‘personality’ others call it ‘style’  I like to think of it as our Muse guiding us, take care of your Muse,always listen to it, always feed it.

Be well,

Henrik d.

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This is the final class , now you know everything I know, I don’t have much else to teach you unless you want to learn how to pick the banjo as poorly as I do.

I’m really impressed by the overall level of the work I’ve seen, I hope that you’ve gotten something out of these sessions , I sure have.

Lately I’ve come to the understanding that at our basic artistic core there lies a central idea which we work on our entire lives, like a mantra it repeats and inserts itself into every creative thing we do,

I observe this in the work that you’ve posted these weeks, some call it ‘personality’ others call it ‘style’  I like to think of it as our Muse guiding us, take care of your Muse,always listen to it, always feed it.

Be well,

Henrik d

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I'm self-taught as well. I am a writer by trade and as I am semi-retired, am finally exploring visual art - something I've always wanted to do. I'm particularly drawn to illustrating so this class is a boon. Visual art and wordsmithing seem to play well together. 😊

Inspired by lesson 5 - finished this first spread yesterday. Thank you, Henrik, for this lesson. Quite liberating!

After working into the spread shown below. I would post the before but I can't figure out how to upload more than one image with a post. LOL

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A theme has shown up, we create monsters by ourselves, and beauties.

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Paris Cat

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Fish Bones

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this is a good place to buy weird and wonderful pen nibs, like this crazy double nib thingie { this is an excerpt from a book that i made a few years ago, which is only available in norwegian at this point its called 'thumb shiners'}:

https://www.paperinkarts.com/

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I’m self taught, my relationship to picture making comes from a place of exploration and invention rather than comfortably relying on techniques that I’ve learned directly from teachers, to grow I need to invent , it’s a way to compensate for my lack of classical technique.
In this class I will show you a few ‘inventions’ that I’ve come up with to make pictures , there’s nothing radical or particularly brilliant about them , but they are fun to use and they help me to keep me focused and interested in drawing.
Try to always change the way you do things slightly , keep moving , keep shifting your approach , keep surprising yourself.... keep it light and fun

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Gitte-Marie

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It has been so much fun to assemble old bits of painting and drawing and to see how they come together in unexpected ways. Really excited for the remaining classes and inspired to get to work in the book. Thanks Henrik!

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Thank you Henrik, it is such a great inspiration for my entire work. Looking forward to tomorrow, can‘t wait to continue.

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So fun to see what everyone's working with. Can't wait for next steps! Some pages from my 2 diff. books.

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Glue stick vs Elmers (on the right)

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class#4 Wow, the books look really good! Now it’s time to work into the collaged spreads, for some of you it will be easy because there is plenty of open space, for others the spreads will seem like they’re already finished, I wouldn’t worry about having to add to every page unless it calls for a response.What I like to do is to aim for a general feeling to emerge in the book as a whole, view the group of spreads as an abstract picture narrative, water the ‘seeds’ that you’ve planted and help the book become a cohesive book-object, don’t be afraid to  collage over stuff, add words, cut holes in pages, pour tea or coffee on the pictures {using a hair dryer is helpful if you work with wet materials}…It will be great to see what you come up with, please post, and remember we’re just playing , there’s no pressure or expectations besides surprising yourself and having fun!

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class#4 Wow, the books look really good! Now it’s time to work into the collaged spreads, for some of you it will be easy because there is plenty of open space, for others the spreads will seem like they’re already finished, I wouldn’t worry about having to add to every page unless it calls for a response.What I like to do is to aim for a general feeling to emerge in the book as a whole, view the group of spreads as an abstract picture narrative, water the ‘seeds’ that you’ve planted and help the book become a cohesive book-object, don’t be afraid to  collage over stuff, add words, cut holes in pages, pour tea or coffee on the pictures {using a hair dryer is helpful if you work with wet materials}…It will be great to see what you come up with, please post, and remember we’re just playing , there’s no pressure or expectations besides surprising yourself and having fun!

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( heres a seeded notebook i made a few months ago)

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Had fun! Also remembered what it says in my kindergarten report card: "uses too much glue."  Deb G.

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Second page

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First page

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No, theme, pure random stuff. Gitte-Marie

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My paper was too small so I had to glue 2 pieces together and I couldn't resist making some writing on it. Gitte-Marie.

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Now the real fun begins , it’s important to keep in mind that one of the objectives with this process is to keep things spontaneous, once you’ve cut your pages , do not ‘arrange’ the order of your spreads , do not change their orientation,in fact don’t even look at them yet, one thing I like to do is to shuffle the spreads like a deck of cards , that way you really loose control of the order of things.
from what I’ve seen online there are some very cool collage sheets, and you will be pleasantly surprised once the books are bound!
Have fun!
-h

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I was thinking about not thinking, not sure if I thought hard enough. Let's find out! - Julie

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My first sheet. I’m going to work on “random”. Two more TK, with colored paper. What will they become?

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Preparing the papers.  It takes a little time to warm up to the spontaneous.

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hey there people!

I'm really excited to get going with this project, I taught it to my illustration students here in new york during the covid zoom year, and they really created some amazing books which I'm sure you will too.

anyway,  looking forward to 'meeting' you!

henrik drescher

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A Note from Henrik:

hey there people!

I'm really excited to get going with this project, I taught it to my illustration students here in New York during the Covid zoom year, and they really created some amazing books which I'm sure you will too.

Anyway,  looking forward to 'meeting' you!

henrik drescher