Serifs by Hand.

A Gallery of A’s.

Smashing!

Showing separate styles of life.

I have this book that I’ve been carting around since I was little; William the Dragon, by Polly Donnison, who according to the back of the book, is fourteen and has three brothers and an older sister.

It’s about a spoiled dragon adopted by one Lady Wilmount, who has a fantastic flair for fashion.

Though not everyone appreciates it. William likes roast potatoes and jumble sales, and dislikes loud sweaters.

You know how you get attached to books for vague reasons, and only half-remember what happens in them? This is that kind of book. I haven’t looked at it for years and years, but I’ve brought it with me across the country and back, and through three Brooklyn apartments. Is it the sweater?

I started printing the book!

Finally!

I’m starting with what’s probably the most complicated spread, in the hopes that the rest will be like going downhill.

So far so good.

In other news, I have three bags of apples and no sugar in the house.

Indeed. I know exactly what I want for Christmas.

Be one of the founding contributors to The Sketchbook Library by signing up to receive a sketchbook, filling it up with art, and sending it back.

I signed up a few weeks ago for this project:

Sketchbooks offers a glimpse into an artist’s life, which is why we want to make a publicly accessible library of sketchbooks that people can browse, peruse, and check out. We think that this sketchbook collection has the potential to open a new line of communication between the artist and the viewer, since the experience of making and viewing are both so personal. Anyone can sign up to receive a sketchbook. Before joining our permanent collection, sketchbooks will be exhibited at select galleries across the US.

It’s organized by a group in Atlanta called Art House Co-op- they’ve got a series of projects going on, and they’ve been doing the this particular one for a few years now. I really like that they plan on exhibiting them as a library; and that they have a site with archived submitted images from the participating artists : http://arthousecoop.com/submissions

The deadline to signup to participate is this Sunday, November 1st. (Warning- There is an entry fee).