I cannot walk past a Book Fair or second hand book shop without going in. It is not as though I need any more books in my shelves. I am also a member of two wonderful libraries: my local public library through Melbourne Library Service and Melbourne Athenaeum Library (Victoria’s oldest subscription library, operating since 1839). 

 
This weekend my local church was having a Book Fair. I had a wonderful time browsing the wide variety of books and walked away with an armful for $30. I had eight non-fiction and four fiction books.
I then sat out on the nature strip under a tree and sketched the church.

Later that day I drew my stack of books. This time I remembered to take a few photos along the way. This drawing was done in one evening in my daily sketchbook, so it is not as detailed or realistic as it would have been if I had worked on it over a few days.

 
I love books. I work in a magnificent library and am surrounded by them. I have done detailed drawings of them which are available for purchase on my ETSY online store.

  But this drawing was all about drawing the books I bought that day . It is a record in my sketchbook. Below are a series of sketches of today’s as a work in progress.

Now that I have bought them and sketched them, I just have to read them !

Update Sunday pm. I went back today and bought another 20 books ! I saw about a dozen local friends and each one recommended books they found in boxes. It created lots of discussion. I was there two hours.

I don’t think I will be drawing them. I might actually just read this afternoon…