{"id":357,"date":"2015-03-18T11:38:25","date_gmt":"2015-03-18T11:38:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/delladrees.com\/wordpress\/?p=357"},"modified":"2015-12-22T13:54:49","modified_gmt":"2015-12-22T13:54:49","slug":"simply-inspirational-sketchbooks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/delladrees.com\/wordpress\/?p=357","title":{"rendered":"Simply (inspirational) Sketchbooks"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"sketchbook-pile-500x500\"I like to pay attention. That is, I try and undertake all\u00a0things I do with awareness, with a focus and concentration. This encompasses not\u00a0just\u00a0being aware of what I am looking at (pretty obvious I know when undertaking observational\u00a0drawing, but your mind does wander sometimes!), but also giving the proper attention to\u00a0the materials I use. More than this, as I draw in museums and I want the materials I use\u00a0to stand up to the rigours of numerous visits and prolonged drawing, there are various practical aspects that I\u00a0have to be aware of. Balancing a drawing board on your lap, clamping separate sheets of paper to it to keep it\u00a0in place, juggling pencils and erasers and pencil sharpeners all the while\u00a0perched on a tiny stool\u00a0for hours or days on end while sitting in a draft answering questions\u00a0from the curious is not for the faint hearted. However, I have found an amazingly effective and inspirational solution for at least one of these problems, the others I am working on.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0Helen Frost makes some of the best drawings books available\u00a0anywhere. Not only have they been designed with just this scenario in mind,\u00a0that is, drawing while sitting, making\u00a0them\u00a0perfectly balanced on your lap, but they are beautifully hand made of a quality that is hard to come by these days.\u00a0That might be because each one is custom made for artists by a classical trained\u00a0artist. They can be created\u00a0with your own choice of acid free\u00a0art papers in an assortment of your favourite colours, hand sewn silk coloured headband, ribbon place holders and tie closures, and\u00a0they\u00a0are all hand sewn in waxed linen thread, and bound in linen or book cloth, even leather if you wish. She also offers\u00a0tempting extras like marbled end papers\u00a0and\u00a0glassine interleaving. They are an absolute delight to hold, open and draw in.\u00a0To top all of this, she also offers a\u00a0guarantee:<\/p>\n

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We guarantee that if you fill this sketchbook with drawings and studies, it will improve your drawing!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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After having used\u00a0my books, strangely, I do feel this\u00a0guarantee works! Somehow, it seems to “draw” good drawing out of me. \u00a0It must be something about the quality of the paper, the feel of the cover and the size, which is perfect, not too big and not too small. Although I must admit, they are so beautiful that it took me a while to start using them. I now have a small collection in different colour covers and with a variety of coloured papers. They do, of course, cost more than a normal sketch\u00a0book, but they are not normal. I have never found anything like them elsewhere.\u00a0They are an investment towards\u00a0the quality of your future drawings.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\u00a0Simply Sketchbooks Website<\/a><\/div>\n

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