Little black book

Once, when I was younger than 16, my brother quoted some one who probably dead. He said, "An artist should cover 100 sheets of paper a day." Or something to that extent.

But it never left me. Now, I've never covered 100 sheets of paper in a day. I don't think.
I'm sure if I put 100 sheets of paper down in front of me and started to draw, it would get done.

A result of this statement was that I now always carry a small sketch book around with me. I can fill one up in 6 months if I take it to church every sunday. I can fill it up sooner if it goes everywhere. It's fulfilling. Ha ha, I'm funny..

On sunday I used up my last pages in one. It took me (you guessed it) 6 months to do, if not less. Possibly less. Probably less. But now I haven't got one. I need to buy some more.

What's great about these things, is they fit in every bag I have. The ones I use are hard bound and tiny tiny. They look like little black books. I draw in them as I see fit. The pages are a good size, the paper is a good texture, and nobody seems to know what they are, so they don't ask to see it. Unless they're snoopy. Snoopies always ask.

My brother uses one that is spiral bound and the paper has more width than height. Mine is bound in a book and has more height than width. We're a sight to be seen when we're sitting side by side drawing to our hearts content.

The point is, I take this with me to make sure I always draw. Because when I draw, I think. I pay attention to what's going on around me. I am inspired. So you may see a page in a book of a girl sitting with her hand on her chin, followed by a page covered with gloves, then dresses, then varied dresses, and finally a girl wearing one of said dresses and a pair of said gloves. I am inspired when I have a sketch book.