Artist Reply: Thanks, Nikolay! I've been using some small magnetic sketchpads I salvaged from the trash at the school I used to work for. They have a stylus with a bit of magnet on the tip that picks up metal fragments inside to make a sketch. It has a small lever on the side that allows you to erase the sketch at will. I'd used them some time back---well, I have three of them---but only dug them out again recently. Anyway, using them allows me to loosen up without consuming a lot of good paper needlessly. Well, that's the story. Hope you and yours are doing well. :)

Artist Reply: With such humor you could be ran out of town on a rail---if you can find a rail, Dave. Hope all is good up your way. :)