Scrap Bag

Another grab bag of art notes: I finished the mini pad early July. All my current open sketchbooks and notebooks are past the 60% mark so I would like to finish them before moving onto a new batch of books. Having experimented with toned paper for a while now, I would say that off-white and cream-colored are my favorites to work on. Black paper produces lovely effects, but somehow I tire easily with the high contrast. It's a great "special occasion"/"treat" surface, just not something I could see entering my everyday rotation. That means I could get better sketchbooks with fewer pages next time. There's nothing wrong in getting a bang for your buck book with many pages, there's no deadline afterall. However, I like "manageable size" to prevent my brain from making excuses and delight in having closures. Did some doodles for random conversations and community memes. My lines are noticeably more fluid now, and that makes me both excited and scared. Being very careful to avoid burnout…