Jim Woodring, over at his blog, referred to his sketchbook as "the Blessed Moleskine." Between that and some discussion on Moleskine notebooks, and the fact that I am a sucker, I bought one. It has been so totally disappointing I now call it my Damned Moleskine.
But I did some more of those drawings in it. The second is spread across two pages which happen to be one piece of paper bound through the middle, as all Moleskine pages are, but these are at the middle of the signature so you can actually draw across both. The third is a work in progress; I'll be filling the page eventually. And the fourth is getting, to my mind, far too close to Steve LaRose for me.
Getting WILD! Woo-hoo!
I often buy sketchbooks with these grand thoughts of filling the entire book, cover to cover with drawings and notes. They never get filled. In fact, I actually realized that I don't even like drawing a sketchbooks, I prefer single sheets of large Bristol Paper.
I plan on putting out a new DVD series called "Ink Gone Wild." It will not, however, feature naked women with tattoos, which will disappoint some people, I imagine.
Jim, when I tell you that right at this moment, sitting on a shelf a few feet behind me, there are no fewer than four sketchbooks, all over twenty years old, and none with more than fifteen pages used -- when I tell you this, do not laugh. It is the truth.
When I started buying small sketchbooks to use as combination notebooks/to do lists/sketchbooks earlier this year, though, I started filling them up. It helps to take them to restaurants and also to let my daughter draw in them when she wants.
I'm keeping the old ones, though, as sort of museum artifacts.
Chris, I'm not laughing, I suffer from the same affliction. All kinds of sketchbooks are just sitting around with only a few pages used!
Ugh, I have always hated keeping sketchbooks. I love the concept but it feels so contrived when I do sketches. I just work everything out as I go and that's a better fit for me.
That said, I love looking at other artist's sketches and sketchbooks.