Drawing Trees by Victor Perard 1945 First Edition badger hair with a terrific mix of

with a terrific mix of curves and angles

and the overall effect it creates of glimpsing into a private world

This hand-painted porcelain bisque Minnie dates to the 1930s

I must say that I have yet to come across another who looks so kind

also horsehair I think and probably 1940s or so

Drawing Trees by Victor Perard 1945 First Edition badger hair with a terrific mix ofBefore Bob Ross, there was Victor Perard, teaching us how to draw faces, anatomy, horses, dogs, hands, flowers and trees! I really love the production of this 1945 first edition of Drawing Trees, with horizontal format, paper cover, cream newsprint like pages and handwritten text, making it feel super immediate, like a workbook to be taken out into the forest and indeed, there are blank pages inserted between sections. The pages themselves are packed