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A review by meghan111
Syllabus: Notes from an Accidental Professor by Lynda Barry
5.0
This book has the same binding as a speckled black-and-white composition notebook, and it's the same size. A combination freeform art journal and a messy memoir about teaching a college class on creativity, this contains artwork mostly by Lynda but also quick sketches and exercises from some of her students.
The exercises are affirming and fun and run along the lines of 2-minute self-portraits drawn on index cards, or 30-second sketches of Batman. (her opinion is that everyone, even those who haven't doodled or drawn a line in decades, can make a pen or pencil drawing of a car and of Batman.)
What makes a sketch good or bad? What makes a drawing have a soul? What does it mean to draw lines and have them mean something to another person? These are such weird questions when you think about it.
The exercises are affirming and fun and run along the lines of 2-minute self-portraits drawn on index cards, or 30-second sketches of Batman. (her opinion is that everyone, even those who haven't doodled or drawn a line in decades, can make a pen or pencil drawing of a car and of Batman.)
What makes a sketch good or bad? What makes a drawing have a soul? What does it mean to draw lines and have them mean something to another person? These are such weird questions when you think about it.