The cover of this book suggested house painting, so I took that as a cue to focus on design, surfaces, and messing around. As opposed to commenting on the entire history of painting in one sketchbook. Yeah, that would be tricky. Ingredients: Splotchy sepia watercolor that wouldn't mix correctly, globby gel pen, my favorite cadmium yellow medium, Chinese seal ink. Theme and variation. Squares. Lots of squares.