Episode 33: Danny Gregory – Calming the inner critic and establishing a creative habit

<p>Danny is an artist, author and co-founder of Sketchbook Skool, an online creative hub filled with courses, workshops and a thriving creative community.  Danny's work involves helping people establish a creative habit and calm their inner critic. Danny is the author of more than a dozen books on art and creativity, including Shut Your Monkey, Art Before Breakfast and The Creative Licence. </p><p>Listen to hear more about:</p><ul><li>Sketchbook Skool, what it is and what you will experience through the workshops, courses and SBS membership program, Spark.</li><li>What Danny means when he refers to ‘the monkey’.</li><li>How to manage the inner critic and turn down the volume on the voice in your head.</li><li>Understanding the world around you through art.</li><li>How art can help get us out of our heads and into the present moment, during difficult times in life.</li><li>How to free up and let go of fears about art.</li><li>Finding connection with others across the world, with the help of technology.</li></ul><p><br />Find out more about Danny on his website <a href="http://www.dannygregory.com">www.dannygregory.com</a>.</p><p>Danny writes a weekly essays about art and creativity. You can sign up to receive the essays directly to your inbox using this <a href="https://sketchbookskool.com/dannys-list/">link</a>.</p><p>You can watch episodes of <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/SketchBookSkool">Draw With Me</a>, live on YouTube, Thursdays at noon (Eastern Time), or watch previously recorded episodes <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLINz5dTN9-0vBupHWFPjdzdcIT7G-7lLt">here</a>.</p><p>Danny has a podcast called <strong>Art For All</strong>. You can find it by clicking this <a href="https://artforall.buzzsprout.com/">link</a>, or searching for ‘Art For All’ wherever you find podcasts. </p><p>You can find the book by Frederik Frank, that Danny referred to, here: <a href="https://www.bookdepository.com/Zen-of-Seeing-Frederick-Franck/9780394719689?redirected=true&selectCurrency=AUD&w=AF45AU9SCJT522A8VRH0&