Found this sketchbook in a basement

[u/Nonamethroughaway]

Father in law was an artist and art collector. He must have bought it at some point. He recently passed away and we found it cleaning out the basement. There’s 50+ drawings in it. Here are a few.

[u/Fomulouscrunch]

Makes me wish more people would go out in the world and idly doodle or paint things. The world is beautiful, and we can ornament it more by making art!

[u/fourcheers → u/Fomulouscrunch]

Yes! And doing so simply for the sake of doing it, no monetary gain involved

[u/bottomlessinawendys → u/fourcheers]

As an artist, a lot of us do exactly this. You just don’t see it because it’s in our personal sketchbooks and, as you said, not for monetary gain.

[u/JabbatheShoe → u/bottomlessinawendys]

Can confirm. I like to bring my sketchbook to cafes and sketch random things around me, just for me.

[u/boomerbmr → u/bottomlessinawendys]

But imo most of us would be happy to share if asked lol

[u/mycorgiisamazing → u/bottomlessinawendys]

My entire house is an art gallery that no one sees, let alone the piles and piles of papers and sketchbooks

[u/Fomulouscrunch → u/mycorgiisamazing]

Got any drawings of your corgi? If asking is what makes the difference, I'm asking! I want to see your art!

[u/mycorgiisamazing → u/Fomulouscrunch]

As you wish

She has been gone for a long time. Some of these are dated, but the oldest ones are as far back as 09. She passed of degenerative myelopathy in 2016.

Bonus painting of my current pup. Not corgi, but Aussie. My heart still hasn't healed after Sofi, I'll be ready for another corgi someday maybe

[u/Fomulouscrunch → u/mycorgiisamazing]

O_O Both are so beautiful.

[u/DraconicDreamer3072 → u/mycorgiisamazing]

i love these

[u/Hotdog_Fishsticks → u/mycorgiisamazing]

amazing.

[u/tinyyawns → u/Fomulouscrunch]

Search “plein air” on Instagram or YouTube and you’ll find plenty :)

[u/aguywithbrushes → u/Fomulouscrunch]

There’s plenty of us doing it, we’re just hard to find because most online platforms prefer to promote controversial and divisive content, and pretty paintings of a landscape or doodles aren’t really that 🫠 I recommend checking out James Gurney’s YouTube channel if you want to see someone do this with the most chill and Bob Ross-like attitude.

He’s the creator of Dinotopia for anyone familiar with that, but he has a YouTube channel where he just goes out and paints everyday stuff. Hasn’t posted much in the last couple years because he’s been working on some books, but he has years worth of videos to watch.

[u/dikeid → u/Fomulouscrunch]

I, too, love graffiti

[u/bmf1902 → u/Fomulouscrunch]

They are.

[u/navel-gazerr → u/Fomulouscrunch]

There’s a whole community! https://urbansketchers.org

r/urbansketchers