Still researching

I'm continuing to read articles etc about the use of sketch books as an aid in the design process.  I've found several "tricks" to help in the process, and I'm considering trying a couple of them. As a personal incentive toward this I have some new sketch books.  Symbolic of turning a new leaf?  Not that I do anything on a small scale, I have 5 of them.  Three are smaller books--handy to carry around with me when I'm out of the house.  Two have been around for awhile, but had been forgotten in a drawer.  These two are meant for mixed media, and have a heavier than usual page weight, to better support wet media.  The three smaller ones are new for me, and are beautiful.  They, too, have a heavier than usual page weight, were manufactured in France, and even have an attached ribbon book mark.  Very special books indeed.  Now, to get past making a mark on that first page.  someone once suggested forgetting about that first page and making the first marks on the second page.

I anticipate having a lot of time over the next few weeks to make marks in all of them.