PPP// The relationship I have with my sketchbook

My current sketchbook may only be a few pages in,
but as the deadline approaches for this personal professional progress I've decided to post the pages of my sketchbook now, prematurely before I reach page end. Here's a link to a video of my sketchbook pages that I've uploaded;

I wanted to have a sketchbook as a sketchbook. Which, sounds a little weird right? But I'm being honest here. I've always treated my sketchbook like final versions of my illustrations, like the only output I had of showing my work to people. But as I've been updating my online portfolio social media pages with (near) daily uploads of drawings I'm proud of, I can afford to just draw, draw, draw, draw, DRAW in my sketchbook. To scribble down life drawings, to focus on things I've never drawn before and have a page of studying that thing, to test out colours and materials and even thumb nail drawings I'll later do! It's just a sketchbook. These are just drawings. It's important not to be precious about your work, because you're always improving - just as long as you keep drawing.

Recently I've perched a number of good brushes as well as copic marker pens, which I've been using non stop on another personal project 'daily comics'. I also managed to get my hands on some lovely soft pencils, fine liners and a dip pen (WITH INK)! On a few of the pages in the video, I've tried to use the ink. I'm not as talented with brushes and drip pens as I used to be, but that's because I haven't practised with them for a few years and it's something I want to work on to improve over the summer.

  Here's what I want to improve on over the summer in my sketchbook(s):

1. Shoes, learn to draw SHOES - boots, heals, flats, creepers, it doesn't matter - draw them shoes!
2. Natural Poses, because t-poses are fine but not all the time. Come on, let's put some life on these drawings!
3. Animals, If I'm only creating characters that are human where's the fun in that? I'm a cartoonist, I can create whatever I want! Let's get drawing some cats and dogs!
4. Backgrounds. Backgrounds.    Backgrounds...                     I will love you, Backgrounds.
5. Clothes and hairs, because everyone (should) have at least one of those things.

And here are some materails I want to refine further:

1. Dip Pen with Ink
2. Acrylics and Watercolours
3. Artists marker pens
4. Pencils (Including coloured)