Anyone who has known me for any amount of time, realizes that I hardly ever leave home without a tiny sketchpad and a pen. Most of my drawing for the last few years has been done in a series of small memo books 4.25" x 2.75", filled with plain white paper.
The size is unobtrusive, and will fit in almost any pocket nicely, and can travel anywhere. I have always liked drawing small anyway. I buy plain white paper memo pads from CVS and cut them to size.
I also use the best pen ever made, it is a Mitsubishi UM-151, a uniball pen with extremely black, nearly-waterproof, archival ink and a .028" tip. They are not available at your local stationary store and had to be ordered from Japan through Jetpens.com. I covet these pens, and love drawing with them.
I will also sometimes carry a small Windsor Newton watercolor kit, which is compact, self-contained, and very versatile. That means I can do small, quick sketches almost anywhere.
Here are some sketches that I did recently of the Iris Apfel show at the Peabody Essex Museum using this method.
I wish I had an OUNCE of your talent, George. Amazing sketches. I can sketch... stick figures. You need to partner with Dave and open up that school for arts on the North Shore!
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