We're into a new term at art class. This term's focus is on each of us creating a sketchbook to contribute to the Brooklyn Sketchbook Library. Vanda had a recent holiday in NY and went to the Brooklyn Sketchbook Library, and anyone can contribute a sketchbook to be held there for posterity. It is a crowd funded project, run by volunteers. You buy a sketchbook (provided by them 5" x 7"), complete it and return it to them. No acrylic, glitter or gesso (pages will stick together). Any subject you like, but themes are suggested each year. The BKL has 140,000 sketchbooks so far.
I'm thinking about the gesture of stitch, and blackwork embroidery, which I love. Today's class, drawing the gesture of stitch did not go particularly well, but I'm sufficiently experienced not to get upset about it. It will come together in due course.
Tomorrow I might try writing some poetry about it to see if this helps.
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