Sketchbook

I think my sketchbook work is changing.  It has taken a while but I am beginning to feel more free about adding items that interest me such as magazine articles and not just using the bk for drawing.  I am experimenting more. Am working on different papers then adding to sketchbook rather than drawing straight into the book.  When working in my sketchbook I prefer to colour pages either using inks or tea bags or actually anything to hand.  If I am doing a detailed drawing I have found I like to use a pen or an 8B sketching pencil.  I am not sure why but I just feel comfortable using them and have noticed that I am beginning to have my favourite art materials.  I particularly like using koh-i-noor dyes, Sennelier oil pastels (especially the metallic ones), watersoluble crayons and Brusho.  I make up small jars of the Brusho colours and then mix them as I am working with them.  I like to mix colours to try to get the one I particularly want and think that as I am doing this more I am getting my 'eye' in.  

Some pages from my sketchbook below.  Although I find many things that inspire me I do find it quite difficult to know what to draw.  I think a lot of this is because I am a very organised person an have to put everything in categories.  I am finding that I am flitting a lot from one subject to another at the moment and not following anything in particular through.  This is having an effect on my choosing a theme for my theme book which I am going to have to do very soon.  Am hoping that this will come with experience and practice and that I will draw more when out and about.  I am getting more comfortable drawing in museums and when out so I feel that's a step in the right direction.