Discussion: the sacred space

   I would like to "break the ice" with the first topic being the sacred space of where an artist works. As you can tell from the image, I do own a drafting table. While old school artists use them as  runways to launch ideas in their creative process (for all you ipad/ laptop folks) this is true of my efforts on many occasions. Still if I must have a "shrine to the muse" I try to keep it a relaxed playful space with plenty of stimuli.
   It seems more a matter of what I am working on/in that facilitates the drawing board more than where it resides. 85% of the time my sacred space is a sketchbook, not even inside the confines of my studio, which I have found to intrigue me in some way by paper, format or otherwise. Over time of filling up such books, I have seen the importance of saving these stepping stones and have improved my respect for the sketchbook. Not only have I sought more quality in the way in which they are made but I have invested the time to customize the covers making the entire product uniquely mine.
   Being an artist of many mediums, I have a collection of different sketchbooks that I theme towards topic or medium. Where the sketchbook opens often is related to the medium I am working with. For example when working in the portrait book, charcoal or charcoal/carbon pencils are used in a 12x12 book opened in hands or lap from a chair sat at the session but when doing work is ink then the drawing board changes to a 11x16 book that lies flat usually on a card table  in an old schoolhouse on a table so the ink wash can lay flat to dry.
   I invite readers to share an image or info about where/how your sketchbook pages are filled ... to be continued.