I have pages and pages of ideas and notes. While working, a technique will become clear as to why it works. If I don’t leave myself a note right then, it may just disappear. These notes are basically for myself, it’s one of the ways I continue to learn. All the great art books I read have wonderful information, techniques from the long history of painting, but If I don’t actually do the technique and discover why it works myself, I won’t be able to pull it up when I need it most.