''The journey of every artist demands hard work and discipline but it does help to set out facing in the right direction.'' Great words of wisdom from Simblet. But how to we know which is the right direction? So many other things enter your life and make it difficult to concentrate enough to find the direction. But as she states hard work and discipline is the answer. In the words of the art historian Ernst Gombrich ''There really is no such thing as Art. There are only artists.'' And I am hoping that is true. I still find it difficult to decide on what size sketch book I want. A great big one, which I have, which is too big to drag around, a smaller one, which I also have which I find restrictive with not enough space. Perhaps soon I will find the exact size and it will bring instant joy to my life for my work. Simblet states ''The chapters of this book represent 90 different artists' ways of seeing,'' so there must be something in this book for everyone who wants to improve their drawings.
The first subjects Simblet suggests we draw are animals. This drawing by Albrecht Durer in 1515 of the first Rhinoceros in Europe which came from India. It was sent to Marseilles as requested by the King of France from the Portuguese King. It was to be sent to Rome but unfortunately the ship sank and it was washed up on shore. It was then ''carefully stuffed'' states Simblet and sent on to Rome. The interpretation by Durer was to be the only likeness of this animal for the next 250 years. When new drawings of the Rhinoceros were made they were deemed
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