Inspiration can be sourced from most places, whether it is a flyer on the street or a conversation you heard walking by. However, inspiration, and being inspired doesn’t just happen without keeping eyes open, wherever an artist is. It comes from being constantly alert, absorbing everything and anything, whether at the time this source is needed or not, and recording it down. A brilliant artist who represents this curiosity of the world is Jill Calder, who carries sketchbooks everywhere, so that no matter what project she has to do, there is always some inspiration for it. She uses Moleskin sketchpads, or Fabriano paper, and a wide range of materials such as inks, paints, and pens to quickly sketch down what she can see around her, such as cafe scenes and the public, or even just her own imaginations. As an artist, it crucial to take down as much as physically possible, in any form, whether it be a street poster, a sketch, a photograph of something that personally sways us, that later on we could possibly use or quite possibly never need.“If you start with nothing you have to invent everything from scratch” – Book: Inspired
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