Connie at Dirty Footprints Studio has a lot of great posts about keeping a sketchbook. She uses a Moleskine, but there are great ideas and inspiration here for establishing a regular sketchbook practice with any sketchbook you choose to use:

The key is to allow your creativity to be organic. Don’t put so much pressure on yourself that your art practice has to look a certain way, or last a certain amount of time, or even make you feel a certain way.

Sneak it in if you have to.

I can’t tell you how many times I have stolen an extra 15 minutes in the grocery store parking lot just to sketch a little before having to go home and be responsible again.

Or the fact that my family must think I suffer from constipation because really I’m sneaking in a little sketching while in the bathroom.

Plus recently, I’ve decided to rethink my day and start going to bed early so I can rise early and have a few solid hours completely dedicated to my creative practice. This has really shifted my happiness in my life–and I can’t believe I didn’t think of it sooner!

And last, I’m just going to say it…get off the computer.

But before you get off the computer, check out this video flip-through of one of her completed sketchbooks:

 

Sketchbook 37. Volume 2 from Connie Hozvicka on Vimeo.