It's so satisfying filling up sketchbooks. So many memories!

I do a thought of the day sketchbook. This helps motivate me to draw every day and it's fun to go back and see what little things inspired me. It's a small sketchbook, about 4 x 6 inches, so it only takes 10 to 30 minutes to complete a painting. It's really motivating to see how I've improved over time.

I may not remember the photographs of places I have visited but, I do remember vividly, with great detail every I had ever sketched. I remember the warmth of the sun the cold of the winter, the sounds and the scent of the soil, plants, flowers around me during that time. I can remember as far back as sketches from early my childhood that I have kept, which was over 55 years ago!

A good quality sketch book is awesome, but a cheap on is invaluable..... I find when I have a cheap sketchbook I'm more free to just TRY. I'm not worried about messing up or wasting money, etc. I found these pocket sized sketchbooks at the dolor store for $2 with paper that even using a brush pen dont bleed to the other side and I can even do light watercolor in it. I end up grabbing one of those more offen than one of the many high end sketchbooks I have.

I use mine for every idea I have, whether it’s character design, story boarding, working with wet and dry media, and drills to increase my skills. I usually have three in play at a time!

Teoh , your work is so inspiring! Thank you for sharing

I doodle at work on my coffee breaks. Plus I keep some books like Creative License in my work bag so I have eye candy and pep talk whilst waiting for appointments. Thanks Teoh. Your voice and style has been so helpful for me. Merci from Vancouver island.

Thank you for the video. I love your work. Your sketching has a special energy that is very special to me. It makes me feel so good. It is also very inspiring.

It's the journey 🎨 finishing a sketchbook shouldn't be goal oriented. Art is what it is. Thank you for sharing the message that sketchbooks are different for each artist.

I use sketch books to just draw free from my mine. Some are just a mess and some are not. Then when I want to do a proper painting, I flip through my book for inspiration and then develop that sketch more into a painting.

The How to Think When You Draw books looked really interesting. Inspiration and instruction combined.

Teoh, thanks SO much! I am delighted to have had a peek inside these wonderful books and I am definitely going to order at least 3 of them based on your recommendations. My library is increasing and, hopefully, so will my sketching skills LOL ❤️

I love using pen and ink in my sketchbook. I have a sketchbook for trying things out, a cheaper one I don't care as much about. Then I have better ones for better drawings ☺️

I love your videos! You are a great teacher and I love your book referrals, too! Keep posting! Cheers and thanks from Kansas USA

Wait a minute... Skillshare?? I didn't realise you were on there!

Teoh, I seem to have no rhyme or reason to my sketchbooks. I might have a simple pear on one page and a complex sketch of a building next. But too late for me to change now. 😁 Thanks for this video. 🌴Tallahassee, Florida 🌴

I use my sketchbooks to record scribbly ideas, sketch for final pieces (that I transfer onto watercolor paper etc using tracing paper), play with mediums I want to familiarize myself with, timed studies as well as entirely finished pieces sometimes, as my sketchbooks usually have perforated pages so they're easy to tear out of the book ^_^ I use the watercolor canson xl sketchbooks mostly (not the mixed media one), as the paper is thick and works well with most of my chosen mediums.

These Lorenzo books seem very interesting, I'll see if I can get my hand on them. Personnally I don't like loose sheets. I use most sketchbooks for finish pieces but lately I also try to get over my need to overwork a page by using cheaper sketchbooks for experimentations, thumbnails, etc

You can see flip through of my sketchbooks on my KZread channel. I use them mostly for pen and ink and watercolor. I love watching you paint. You have been an inspiration to be for urban sketching!!! Thank you

Right now I prefer sketchbooks over regular sheets of watercolor or plain flat paper. My sketch books have some tooth to them, i.e. Strathmore 400 series watercolor journal versus a regular hardbound sketch book. Much of what I do I start in pencil and follow up with a fountain pen. On occasion I finish the sketch with watercolor.