New sketchbook, same tradition

I bought myself a new sketchbook the other day for a project that I want to start.

I couldn’t figure out where to begin so I decided to fall back on my favourite way to break the new notebook spell.

If I catch myself saving a notebook to use for “something really good”, I fill the first page with the words “Let’s start by ruining it” and then I add some doodles around them. Sometimes I also put a big line down the middle of the page.

Don’t worry, I’m not disparaging my own work here. This page isn’t ruined, it’s my idea of keeping this book for an “important” project that’s ruined… and that’s a positive thing.

Image description: a sketchbook with gold spiral coil binding at the top of the page. It’s open to the first page on which I have written the words “Let’s start by ruining it.” in decorative letters. Around the text I have drawn arrows, stars, and curly flourishes and I have a set of overlapping concentric circles on the upper right side and a heart filled with petals just below the circles.
Image description: a sketchbook with gold spiral coil binding at the top of the page. It’s open to the first page on which I have written the words “Let’s start by ruining it.” in decorative letters. Around the text I have drawn arrows, stars, and curly flourishes and I have a set of overlapping concentric circles on the upper right side and a heart filled with petals just below the circles.