A Page a Day - a New Series

Have I ever told you how much i love old books?  Well I do. I love to go to the used  bookstore and find treasures.I have been on the look out for reference cook books that I could draw on the pages. I know, eeek.  I found this rather large book 'the New Household Encyclopedia' written in 1939 - a British publication in two volumes. It is larger than a piece of paper and about 1-1/2" thick and heavy.  I have the second volume. It took me a couple of months to find the courage to draw in this book.

I decided that this would be an excellent way for me to expand my horizons on the drawing level, so of a challenge. Draw the subjects on the page

And some subject I may have to look up in my World Book Encyclopedias - yes I still have a set for reference

and I am learning about a whole bunch of things

These are very quick sketches. No pencil, just go with the flow

I am selecting pages of subjects that I know something about, because I know I can draw some fun objects

One of my fav subjects - houses/apartments

Hmmm, how does one draw a pickle?

and mattresses and springs?  So fun. I am posting a page a day, except Sunday on Instagram.  Follow me!