old law books

I have been drawing in my lunchbreaks on some days over the past two weeks. Drawing old law books in the library I work in.

22Aug15 old law booksThis was completed over three sessions.  I finished the final marks on the page during a lunch hour when there was a classical music recital in the library. I sat up in the shelves drawing old books and listening to Debussy played on the piano. I cannot think of a better way to spend my time,

22Aug15 old law books close

Here is a close up

and as a work in progress. ( with some strange colours because I took the photos on my phone.

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Of course, I have started drawing another set of books ……
and my drawings of the library and its books are available Greeting Cards on my Etsy site https://www.etsy.com/au/shop/AlissaDuke

One thought on “old law books

  1. Sarah

    Your work is so delicate….I cannot see how you manage to keep the subtle shading and colour mixing once you have added water? When I add water the colour mix themselves into one tone as though I had mixed them together in a palette at the start!

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