Revisiting old artwork can be painful but also useful and that’s one reason to have a sketchbook practice.

I’ve come to a few realizations about my project and the main one is something that I should have learned after last year’s project.

The variations of a single neutral white, when time is added, are beautiful: the browning of a newspaper, the mellow gold of book pages, and the marks of water stains all effortlessly complement each other

These aren’t fancy tools, but I’d be lost without them.