Books

Draw a stack of books is the exercise for drawing with volumes. Books and all those angles are a very challenging subject! Likely why I’ve only accomplished this assignment twice!

Since I chose D&D books two years ago, after I had just begun playing again. So I chose the same subject matter, only with the current campaign books I’m playing. This recording of life, and the sketches to reflect that make these pairings quite special. This is why I want to sketch and learn to sketch so much. To capture life in such special ways.

Learning tools like sketching using volumes to aid in tackling such hard subjects as stacks of books is why I keep at the classes. I am ever surprised that drawing really is such a skill that takes decades of practice to learn. People who are skilled at it make it look so easy and effortless!

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  1. I think your 2025 sketch shows your growth and development. As you say those angles are mind bending. And combining sketching with recording our lives is why I do it too! Keep going Jamie!

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    1. Thanks, Ginie! It is really so rewarding to sketch and record our lives, isn’t it?

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      1. Yes: I find that the commitment to sketch everyday something about my day always gives me something to sketch, and also recreates a visual journal where I write reflections, comments from people: in fact one of YOUR comments on Liz’s blog post about the sadness of old houses being pulled down and the need to sketch them before they are, was very apt. And I added it to my page for that day (referencing you) because your comment reflected how I felt about knowing I’d sketched our old Aquarium building here in Manly before it was pulled down.

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