Hello, I'm Daniela Mellon, author and artist. Thank you for joining me for today's class on creating and using an artist's Image Source book. In today's class, I'll show you a reference tool that I make and use for my artwork. I created like a journal. So it's personal to me and the images that I use in my work. But it's also an instrument for me to jot down specific visual notes.

In essence, it's a journal of rough draft images that I use in my artwork. I'll take you through the quick process of creating this source book. We'll start with an inexpensive sketchpad. do simple things to brighten it up and reinforce it, and then I'll show you how I feel and use it. Any artist or creator will benefit from using your own illustrations as the basis of their work in today's class, I'll show you how I organize my own image source book, and hope it gives you some ideas on creating your own. I benefit from creating my own tools, and I wanted to share my process to help other artists when creating their work.

Thank you for joining me. Now, let's get started.