Sketchbook examples online.
written by Julie R. Neidlinger 4 comments link this postI found a great site that listed an incredible amount of sketchbooks that you can view online, from well-known artists to artists like myself.
The first thing I noticed was that my name did, indeed, have a listing there, though the link is for an old page that no longer exists. My new sketchbook repository is found here. The second thing I noticed was that I didn't have a red dot next to my name, which meant it wasn't considered a "highly recommended link."
After getting done pouting, I checked out some of these sketchbook links. A few were dead links, but many were good.
I really needed that kick in the pants. I need to be sketching more. Nothing deep here, in this post, beyond a "I need to be sketching more."
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UPDATE: Please read here for further discussion regarding the comments below.
Labels: art life, journals, links, sketchbooks
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4 Comments:
Julie,
thanks for the link to my Artists' Sketchbook Online webpage. Your comment started off on a positive note but went down hill from there. Are you aware that the link you posted for your own sketchbook repository is for a page that no longer exists? (in fact it is to the same page I had on my site!!). I will use a red dot for your link because you are now posting facsimile sketchbooks, which I was not aware off when I first added your link... Instead of pouting, maybe you could have been more communicative - you could have sent me a notice of the dead links and the correct URL where your faccimile sketchbooks were online... I hope you are NOW doing more drawing.
Scattergood
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Scatt, at
December 08, 2007 12:02 PM
You know, Scattergood, I've re-read your comment a couple of times.
This is a blog where I merely try to post useful links and such and not write in any way beyond light-hearted or joking. I wasn't really "pouting" nor anything remotely similar. I was making fun of myself, if anything, using a tone my regular readers are well used to. It was merely informational, and I threw you a link in the process.
So...I'm not sure what to do with your comment. It comes off rather nasty, fairly snitty, and in no way impresses me, actually.
If that wasn't your intent, please clarify. If it was, I'll simply remove the link to your web page. I certainly don't need to deal with some stranger getting after me for my tone or whatever on my own blog when all I've done is provided more traffic to their site.
My gosh. I guess I could say that "your comment started off on a positive note but went down hill from there." And that "you could have been a little more communicative -- you could have sent me a notice of the dead link" on my own site.
By Julie R. Neidlinger, at
December 08, 2007 5:39 PM
For someone who claims to write in a light-hearted or joking manner you do not appear to appreciate the same playfulness when it comes to responding to your blog entry. I thought it was ironic that you wrote I had linked to an old page no longer existing and then used the same inactive link to your new sketchbook repository. I no idea why you couldn't see the light-hearted humor or irony in my comment. My intent was NOT meant to be nasty, snitty OR written to impress you.
Regarding your link to my Artists' Sketchbooks Online webpage, keep or remove it, that is your choice...
By Scatt, at
December 14, 2007 9:26 AM
Scatt.
A good name, on all levels, considering how this interaction with you went. I have left the link in the original post, as well as posted your comment in which you have also "cleverly" included the link to your site, despite claiming you don't care if the link remains or not.
I will let my readers decide for themselves as to the kind of person who reacts and responds as you have on a blog that merely linked as a kind of FYI and service to both you, as a web site owner who would likely appreciate hits, and to artists, who would likely appreciate sketchbooks.
Consider improving the level of discourse in which you engage strangers who attempt to link and encourage the kind of work you were doing.
