In July I had an exhibition as part of Melbourne Rare Book Week called “You Can’t Draw in Books?”  where I drew in books that were about to be thrown away, or that I bought for a few dollars.  The next step for them  would have been the bin.

I gave the books a new life by drawing on the pages with my watercolourpencils. The image I choose to draw, reflects the words on the page.

“You Can’t Draw in Books?” is now installed as exhibition again at my local library East Melbourne Library  until November 26 2016

 

 

 

 

 

 

One of the books I drew in was Memoirs of a Geisha, a fascinating novel. It was a best seller when it was published, but now you can now find a copy in any charity shop in the  book section.
Below are the steps of drawing the geisha on the in the book.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I choose the geisha drawing for my flyers, which I have pinned up in local cafes.