My sketchbook is my ultimate companion. Like a close friend, I carry my sketchbook with me in any place when I am going to wait for service, Doctor's office, barber, dentist, etc. I look for people with particular features of people sitting in my surroundings and with a comfortable stance. I use my sketchbook to keep my drawing skills active, trained my vision for portrait proportion. It helps in the composition of the painting. I use I to study the nuances in a shadow area.

Develop the skill of having a sketchbook since my first year of architecture school. The design instructor, I want you to carry around a sketchbook that is also your notebook to capture an idea and brainstorm on presentation. I have several sketchbooks, and they are scattered in my car, my desk, or my bag, depending on the last activity. Of course, lately, the phone takes over, checking on social media becomes the way to kill time passively. On vacation, I spend time with my sketchbook early morning or late night when I am collecting my thought, and it is also an active tool for my meditation or journal.

I urge every artist or creative person to carry a sketchbook at all times.