Grab those sketchbooks and pencils, even a simple sketch can be an inspiration for a bigger art work.  Bored with the common pencil then try the watersoluble graphite pencils.  You can even get them in beautiful earthy colors (Derwent Graphitint Pencils).  Enjoy the quotes below: “Draw lines, young man, many lines, from memory or from nature-it is in this way that you will become a good artist.” Jean-Auguste-Dominique Inges (1780-1867) advice to Degas “Sketch quickly with light strokes on your pad (which you should always have with you), and when it is full, start another, never rubbing out but…