I start with a sketch. I tape two pieces of paper together, and clip it to the hangers on the wall. Then, I pull the sea turtle's form onto the page with light strokes of pencil. I don't worry about which curves might be right - for the final ink is really what sets the image - I just sweep them onto the page focusing on the light and the movement. The turtle takes form. I start to imagine how the wax might fall on these same curves, but then I laugh and remind myself to stay here with these lines, this pencil, this sketch. Don't jump ahead. Be where you are now, right? I always fall in love with the art immediately. Sometimes I fall in love with the idea, and the art, well, it becomes the icing.