Tuesday, September 26, 2006

The Book Begins....

Tonight we began the first pages of our book with a pencil drawing of one of our bestiary animals. We each got a sheet (or more) of Stonehenge paper in warm white and a decision about what size to make our book. I chose to cut the paper into 16 to produce a lovely, small, non-intimidating book.

My theory of drawing: the larger the image the more you see the flaws, and everybody loves a miniature (OK, 2 theories).


I drew my "Lionagon" and, I swear, that paper made me a better sketcher! It was so smooth the pencil glided over the surface and it was easy to erase those lines that wandered off course. If I get my scanner fixed I'll post it.

Postscript: The Medieval fixation has a firm hold on me, I spent Sunday creating illuminated initials for half the alphabet. It was a fabulous day of watching football, drawing and painting.
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1 comment:

Bonny said...

Hi Lesley;

Oooh! Can't wait to see your animal sketches and then the finished book! Sounds like fun!

And yes, better quality paper (and any quality art supplies) will make a definite difference in the work you produce. Learning to draw or paint is hard enough... why should you fight with poor quality paper that won't take the ink, paint or graphite very well?

I love your little mermaid, too. Reminds me of the Little Mermaid in Copenhagen for some reason...

9/27/2006 12:53 a.m.

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