I don't think I can express well enough how much I enjoy your videos. It's not just the content, its the tone of your voice, the way you narrate, the cuts, the background of your room that is particularly stimulating and calming at the same time - all this and more manage to calm me down, encourage and inspire me every single time. And one little step after one little step I am leaning towards daily practice and away from the creative block that happened many many years ago. Thank you so much for what you do and how you do it.

@SketchBookSkool

8 ай бұрын

Thank you so very much!

@myyoga8spa

4 ай бұрын

You could not have said it any better ❤

@MissVindicat

3 ай бұрын

I had exactly this thought about the background while watching this video!! :)

@daniellebuck2554

3 ай бұрын

Ditto 👋🏻

I always forget those lost minutes and how you can get lots of things done while those minutes tick by! Thanks for posting it!

@SketchBookSkool

10 ай бұрын

Happy to help!

I started keeping a small sketch book in my work van, each Lunch break sat in the van had my Lunch and started to sketch , been doing this for a month, its becoming an habit every day I sketch

@SketchBookSkool

8 ай бұрын

Wonderful! Hope you keep up with it!

@davehicklin6638

8 ай бұрын

@@SketchBookSkool thankyou, still going strong , love it soon be time to start a new sketch book !

I draw every morning at 6am before everyone in the house is up. I make my coffee, feed my Guinea pig and sit with my coffee and draw whatever comes to mind. I have a very zen morning. At work, I go to my car for lunch break, and draw again. Or finish what I was drawing that morning. My daily sketch book is a Hobonichi dated calendar in the English version. I love the crinkle of the paper. ❤ I do light washes of watercolor and ballpoint pen or micron pens. Sometime I use Faber- Castel Auqualle graphite pencils. This book goes everywhere with me. ❤❤❤

@SketchBookSkool

8 ай бұрын

That is a wonderful pastime. I also love the Hobonichis :)

Reminds me of the movie "smoke" in which Augie takes a photo of his street corner at eight in the morning every day over years. Would be interesting to see how the drawing of your cup changes over a long period of time.

As someone who has at least a hundred or more sketches of my morning coffee cup, I absolutely agree !!! Your video " art before breakfast" is why i started that art habit .. I was restarting my art journey, after a 20 year hiatus due to life crises.. I haven't stopped in 7 years!!! You are an inspiration to me in countless ways, and I thank you many times over.. I've recommended your art before breakfast to at least ten of my artist buddies !!! thanks , Danny !! Norakag, here 😊

@SketchBookSkool

8 ай бұрын

That's wonderful, and congratulations on your dedication!

Hello Danny, I teach drawing at Thompson Rivers U in Kamloops, BC. I always share your videos with my students to inspire them to work in their sketchbooks. I always tell them the same message you do: the process and habits of a daily drawing practice are more important than what the results look like. I also have a copy of your book: The Creative License, and I show it to everyone who I think can benefit from it. Unlike most other drawing books, all the text is hand-written, which makes it much more fun to flip through!

@SketchBookSkool

9 ай бұрын

What an honor!

Not too busy, just have so many projects I want to do that spending enough 'quality time' on art is a challenge. Been thinking of dedicating one day a week to a different project. Maybe.

I have as many consistency problems as anyone else, but my "cup of tea" is my cat that loves to get on my lap for a scratch behind the ears and a little modeling session... so my art is mainly cats in contorted poses seen from above. My draws still look like planarian flatworms with limbs though

@SketchBookSkool

8 ай бұрын

A cat a day would be a wonderful drawing practice.

Stacking art into an existing habit.. brilliant! I used to do the Zentangle Method daily before I did anything else. It was my morning meditation. Then I started adding in listening to news (or reading it) and my Zen habit fell apart. This was a wonderful reminder to re-establish that art activity that brings me Zen in the morning to last the whole day.

@SketchBookSkool

8 ай бұрын

drawing will be much more relaxing and centering than watching the news :)

I started to do a drawing journal and it’s my 4th day and I’m feeling the strain of keeping it up but I’m not allowing my mind to get sidelined on “boredom” when it’s really just performance anxiety 😅 I’m sharing it with friends to have some accountability. Thanks so much. I enjoy your video immensely 😊

Hi Danny! Has being 2 years that I stop drawing and painting and since January of this year (2024) I started drawing during my lunch time everyday. I bring my sketchbook and colored pencils and I sketch a lot of stuff. In February I started drawing tea , coffee cups and pots because i love them! I can see my improvement! Last week I started with fruits. My plan is to practice all these elements to add them on kitchen scenes. Everyday I feel like excited to get into my lunch time and it’s not because I’m hungry 😂 but because I want to continue drawing! Thanks for all your videos! I’m watching them all during my commute to home! ❤

More wise than in any long videos.

YES! I decided to add art to my daily journaling last year. At the moment, I'm into comics and those silly figures are a delightful way to begin the day. Plus, reading back over the past months takes away the feel of "life racing by". Thanks for the video.

This is lovely video; you are not just an artist but a great narrator. I’m 100% sold on this new habit.

@SketchBookSkool

8 ай бұрын

Hope you enjoy it!

i love the thought of an anchor habit 👍

Thank you ❤ for making me smile (in a bad life situation right now). Peace be with you, and all who may read this. ☮️

Waiting for the driver to pick me up for kids camp( volunteered), I spent 20 minutes and cleaned out 4 clothes drawers that needed a freshening up. Left for camp feeling so light in my head. Clean and clear minded.

Kind of like doodle then you divide the end 🖌️✍️😁

THIS will help me a lot to incorporate some kind of structure in my drawing practice instead of willy-nilly & nothing gets done or learned. Thank you. 🙂

Thankyou for the teacup suggestion

I know what to send for your birthday. Another tea cup! We collect handmade coffee mugs and teapots. I really enjoy the unique shapes and textures of them. I was surprised to see that you drink from the same cup every day. Thanks for the great videos,

Danny...one of your previous videos encouraged me to start doing daily self portraits. I made myself a tiny concertina sketchbook and use it everyday....thank you so much for your tips and encouragement 😊

@SketchBookSkool

8 ай бұрын

so happy you started making art daily! Congrats!

Looks like a hand made sketchbook with those deckled edges. Good idea to start your day drawing

@SketchBookSkool

10 ай бұрын

It is!

Thanks

I am so happy I took the time to listen to this today. I have a morning routine, now I will add drawing to my morning!

@SketchBookSkool

8 ай бұрын

Congratulations!

This is a beautiful cup!!

This is brilliant! Thank you for this!

Stack habits. Nice link. And there must be some association with where your brain is that first hour. Andrew Huberman goes into how important the first hour is because your brain is adjusting from coming out of sleep. The obsessive part of me would date and time stamp and fill the backs of pages. I'd even go so far as to note temperature and how the morning light is changing with the season. But that's really the ADHD in me, isn't it. Thanks for the tip.

@SketchBookSkool

8 ай бұрын

My recommendation is to keep it simple, because easy habits are the most likely to be kept.

As an avid tea drinker myself, I giggled at the demonstration you showed before you can even drink it. This was a great idea. It’s amazing what you can accomplish with a little habit stacking. 😊

Thank you for these videos. I’m going to order your book for my daughter. I see my younger self in her. She’s creative and likes to do art but she has a young baby and art is the furthest thing from her mind. That was me. I love painting and creating but dropped it for a decade or so while I raised three kids. I shouldn’t have done that because it gives me so much back - I needed art and didn’t realize it then. I don’t want my daughter to lose that part of herself and I hope your book inspires her like your videos inspire me.

@SketchBookSkool

8 ай бұрын

That's a lovely gift for her. I hope she enjoys it and finds her passion. Even with kids you need to have some alone time, or do art with your kids!

I’ve just found your channel, or at least my you tube algorithm did. I think I’m immediately hooked and and thinking about what I can use for a new morning routine, I’m taken with the idea of it being the same cup or whatever. Will give it a go right now👍🏼🫶🏻

@SketchBookSkool

8 ай бұрын

I'm glad you found us!

@Babyjohn8170

4 ай бұрын

Same

Danny my/your "YDY" book just arrived in Western Australia!!!!! Cheers!

@SketchBookSkool

8 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Thank you❤

Thanks, Danny! I like the idea of connecting drawing to another habit. Doing a drawing of the same thing in that time period will help relieve me from the difficulty of sitting here and thinking, thinking, thinking about drawing while not drawing one thing. Thanks again!

@SketchBookSkool

8 ай бұрын

Yes, it takes the decision fatigue away!

I'll try this for sure! Thanks for the idea!

Thank you so greatly for sharing this 😇

I absolutely love this idea!!! Thanks for sharing❤

What brilliant idea! Thank you

Love this! So inspiring! Thank you!

you have inspired me. I love doodles, pencils, fine lines, coloured pens, chalk pens etc. I bought My Year in Small Drawings book by Matilda Tristram and have only filled one or two of the grids in. why is the blank page so scary. making a mark...can be terrifying, i think because we want things to look perfect. i really just have to sit down and try sketching what is in front of me. January has somehow passed me by..... Gosh it's Feb!i actually have a 2024 yearly wall calendar to track exercise, country walk, decluttering habits...now i will add a dot for drawing.

Thanks for the inspiration 🥰

Thank you Danny.🌷

What a good idea! Thanks!

Thanks so much for this lovely video :)

I loved your experience. Thanks a lot for the tip.

I loved the effect of slowing down time in this video! Haha You make them so fun. Thanks Danny!!

Love this idea

Great advice!! I'm going to do this!

I am addicted to doodling....and I will try sketching! BTW...you are so likeable!

@SketchBookSkool

8 ай бұрын

Just keep putting pen to paper :)

Loved this ❤

Thank you. Useful.

Your videos bring a smile to our faces.❤

I love the "Show, don't tell" technique you used in this video. And the advice is smart. Thank you.

@SketchBookSkool

9 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Brilliant!

Great idea!

I have the same kettle. :) I'll check out the book. I also have heard that stream of consciousness writing first thing in the morning opens creative pathways. That's from another book. Thank you for this video.

I remember one time i woke up early for school, I did the same thing actually I drew my mug as I was waiting for the water to boil, maybe I should go back to that, I started my day nice and focused and then there was another drawing added to my sketchbook :)

Your little short videos are so inspiring :) thank you.

@SketchBookSkool

8 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Thank you for sharing such a great idea. I love your drawings and also your book with the deckled edged pages😊

@SketchBookSkool

9 ай бұрын

Glad you like them!

What a great idea! I use different cups for my coffee, so this will be extra fun. 😊

I love your videos so much, man. Urggh

@SketchBookSkool

7 күн бұрын

Thank you!

Excellent idea🖼😊

This is brilliant! Love your book of tea cups too! Thanks for sharing! :)

@SketchBookSkool

8 ай бұрын

Thank you!

This reminds me of the time I decided to start spending my fifteen minute breaks on drawing when I was a janitor at Walmart. We had a lot of flexibility to kind of do our own thing, so I'd clean up, go to the break room and sit down, start a fifteen minute timer, and *immediately* start sketching *something.* Anything from a pencil to the microwave to a pretty picture or drawing I saw on Instagram I'd just sit there and get whatever done I could in fifteen minutes. I hadn't drawn in awhile when I started this but was pleasantly surprised at how quickly I picked it back up and what I could get done in such a limited amount of time. Now I'm unemployed after having to quit to tend to some familial issues and am currently trying to finish resolving some responsibilities and dramas and get back into a workplace again. So I don't have a fifteen minute break anymore, but I really do want to get back into habitual drawing again, and I do like my tea... I'll definitely be trying this. Great idea, thank you for sharing it

@SketchBookSkool

8 ай бұрын

what a wonderful way to spend your work break!

Thank you

Wonderful idea! Thank you.

@SketchBookSkool

10 ай бұрын

You are so welcome!

This is such a nice idea! I think I'm going to give it a try. Thank you for this (much needed) change of perspective!

@SketchBookSkool

10 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Brilliant idea. I love tea too.

Genius! ⭐💕☕

Very good idea❤

❤ Since I found your channel, it has inspired me to be a better artist, thank you very much for your wonderful teachings❤

@SketchBookSkool

8 ай бұрын

Wonderful!

Cool and so simple. Thanks :)

@SketchBookSkool

8 ай бұрын

You're welcome!

Love this….. 💕

Coffee cup drawings are good too 😉 - great video😃

Wow!! This is really a great idea. Thanks for sharing it. I do have habits and I use them for art or artistic visions. For making my morning coffee, I look at the colors of the coffee with milk, the sunlight on the window, the reflection of sunlight on the lens of my eyeglasses. These are great pleasures. Also, I used to read during transportation, this took many years. There are books that I finished during traveling. And I also take time to meditate on the beauty of the world. Now, I think I’ll give time to quick sketching too. Thank you 🙏🏻

@SketchBookSkool

8 ай бұрын

sounds like you have made a very peaceful life!

@RihamEl-Ashry

8 ай бұрын

@@SketchBookSkool thank you 🙏🏻 I should be more grateful for this, thanks for pointing it out

Great idea. I will try it.

@SketchBookSkool

10 ай бұрын

Please do!

Thank you for this idea!! I’ve been struggling to find time to do dairy art. Don’t know why I didn’t think of that

@SketchBookSkool

9 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

That is one fine kettle. 😍 If I owned a kettle like that I wouldn’t draw while it boiled. I’d simply stand and admire its beauty. 😅

@SketchBookSkool

8 ай бұрын

It's hot!

@stanwellback

8 ай бұрын

@@SketchBookSkool Haha… I see what you did there! 😅

THANK YOU SO MUCH 🌹

@SketchBookSkool

10 ай бұрын

You are so welcome

I love your videos.

Mr. Danny Gregory also inspired me to do own sketches of things around me. Thank you.

@SketchBookSkool

8 ай бұрын

Glad we could inspire you!

This is wonderful 🎈🎈

@SketchBookSkool

4 ай бұрын

Thank you 🤗

I ordered this book and it's coming here on Friday!!! Danny Gregory: what kind of tea do you drink?

@SketchBookSkool

Ай бұрын

PG Tips of course!

Great idea! Love your videos. BTW, what brand is that cool looking tea kettle?

protect this man at all costs!

This is a lovely and very impactful exercise! I drive to my workplace (architecture college) and reach early, in those 10-15 minutes I get, I've kept a sketchbook and I sketch whatever I see, no huge expectations, just a way to pass the time. This exercise really improves your sketching skills, increases your speed, improves observation skills, all and all, an absolutely great exercise! Having no expectations avoids the disappointment most feel when it doesn't come out as expected, discouraging them from continuing further. My personal belief is anyone can sketch, it is more a matter of doing it repetitively rather than an inborn skill.

@SketchBookSkool

8 ай бұрын

100% agree with you and keeping the sketchbook on hand is the key to success.

This is the best idea I have heard in a looooong time! I just got up and put a 100% cotton sketchbook and 4B on the kitchen table.

@SketchBookSkool

8 ай бұрын

I hope you've kept up with it ;)

As an English woman, I can tell you, tea is good for EVERYTHING! And now…….it’s good for drawing as well. I’ll try this. Thank you, and…….enjoy your tea. 😊

I remember this - "Everyday Matters," right? I was so inspired by it, back in the day ... and I have still not gotten into the habit of making art daily. But it's never too late! (LOL I need to feed the cat while my tea is steeping!)

@SketchBookSkool

8 ай бұрын

Pet your cat for me!

this is the mindset that separates people who get things done from the NPCs. way to go

stacking a new habit over a previous, most powerful way to build a habit, keep doing this for builfing new healthy habits and you have a great routine.

@SketchBookSkool

8 ай бұрын

exactly!

Great idea. A watched pot never boils.

Very nice video

Thank You very much…..

Интересная задумка, можно каждый день создавать зарисовки своего завтрака , обеда или ужина😊 Крутой скетчбук получился👍осталось добавить капельку цвета☕

@SketchBookSkool

10 ай бұрын

Цвет? Наверное. Моей целью было не делать красивые картинки, а просто практиковаться в рисовании и продуктивно использовать время.

You're making progress Danny. You learned to draw in 10 minutes but you showed us how to in 4:50 😉

@SketchBookSkool

10 ай бұрын

Uh, yeah.

I bought a book named "random imaginations" which has about 2k little scetches. So, I made it my habit to ask my husband to choose a page and then ask my friend to pick a number between 1 and 48 everydax cause there are 48 images on every two pages and scetch it and then color it with watercolor. Its funny and a bit chellanging sometimes.

@SketchBookSkool

9 ай бұрын

Great challenge!

Sometimes the bad was bad, too 😂😂😂 I saw a similar video you made last year or so which made me start to draw. I hope many people are going to start drawing because they watch this video. ❤❤❤

@SketchBookSkool

8 ай бұрын

me too! Thank you!

Are you planning an edition of your book/s with printing in a conventional font? I find your ideas interesting and bought "The Creative Licence" a few years back, but found the weird font too difficult to read and gave up after a few headaches.

@SketchBookSkool

8 ай бұрын

If you like Danny's books without the handwriting, you can check out his latest "You Do You" which is done in normal type :)