I always find it so hard to keep a sketchbook. But all of them look so lovely… I want to have one badly. Each time I start one I feel motivated and inspired, and then life happens.
What has helped me is to lower the bar: one small drawing counts. A leaf, a seed pod, a single line of notes about the weather — it all belongs in the logbook. The sketchbook is not a portfolio; it is a conversation with yourself and the plant in front of you.
Keep the book where you will see it. Pair it with a pencil you enjoy. Date the pages. When you flip back months later, the progression is its own reward.