I bought this book at a book fair down here, and I hoped it would do dual duty:
- I wanted something easy to flip through during a football game.
- I hoped to find some linear drawings to turn into wood burnings.
Well, I got one of the two, that being the first.
It’s a small, self-published collection of drawings produced by Mr. Hamblet during his drives and meanderings in Oklahoma and Western Arkansas. The images focus on rural buildings, barns and whatnot, with landscape around them. No people or horses. Mr. Hamblet demonstrates some talent with the pen.
Unfortunately, as far as the wood burning goes, the images are a little too busy for me, with a lot of pen strokes and detailed lines. I’m still at the clip art difficulty level when it comes to wood burning.
Since it’s not available on Amazon.com nor other bookselling Web sites, I’ve included the cover here so you don’t think I’m completely making it up:
