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Dear Arena, It's so inspiring to see your work and know that there are other "mad sketchers" out there. I want to get more adept at posting things on my website so I can do it too. I hope others follow your example as well, it would be really fun to surf from sketch to sketch! For years now I have carried a small to medium size sketch pad with me (usually hardcover spiral bound with hot press watercolor or a heavy weight smooth paper, a little more expensive but, I find you never know when some little nothing takes off to be a big something!) and a few micron pens (thanks to Frank Ippolito's workshop in Maine a few years ago I am now a devotee of sketching in ink). When I started the rule was draw any where, any time. I actually find it's kind of meditative and clears my head and I get lots more ideas and solutions because I guess my mind relaxes and I'm not there fussy and fretting, which has benefits all its own. I drawn in line, on trains, waiting for clients, etc. etc....met some great folks over drawings and given a few away, drawings which didn't seem that great to me be really made someone's day-that's a real gift when that happens. Also, because I jot down notes, ideas, directions, phone numbers, these pads end up becoming a kind of diary/journal, I'm not one for noting intimate thoughts but, I do believe it has alot of merit and looking back over these books I can sort of trace my thought patterns and skill development. The other thing I became really fond of doing was working on composition and calligraphy and "building" complete sketch pages over time. It's become kind of a visual game with me and I like to see how I can push and pull the composition and my own sketches to become a cohesive whole on the page. Lately (the past year), I haven't been as good about sketching as I was in the past, I find when I have a free moment I like to play with my little boy but, last month I bought the "diaper bag sketch pad" which is a good sign that I'm on my way again! Keep it up! Great Work! Very Truly Yours, Mary Ellen Didion Media Art & Design Studio Baltimore, MD (Farewell to The Iron Man <sniff!>) arena wrote: > I'm into sketching and then scanning the sketch and emailing it to you guys. > http://www.visualarena.com/arenareed/onbart.html > This is the guy across from me on my way back from Seybold and the > MOMA tonight. > (ballpoint pen on glossy magazine stock) > > Goodnight, > Arena