I love mechanical pencils, the ones with the regular width graphite. I usually have three pencils each with a different hardness: 4H, HB, 2B. So much better than dealing with pencil sharpeners.
1. I used to draw a lot. I was never really all that good, but I really enjoyed it. Life has a way of getting in the way of things, and before you know it years go by. I've been wanting to start drawing again for a long time. I've also been wanting to get outside more and just enjoy the world. When I saw this course I thought this might get me moving forward on actualizing both of those goals.
2. All of the journalers were inspiring in their own way. One takeaway I got from many of them is the concept of the importance of note taking. I'm definitely going to make an effort to take as many notes as possible in my sketch book.