@AI: Yeah... I'm plowing through a lot of paper too but I don't use the exact materials the book recommends, because standard DIN A4 inkjet paper is the cheapest I can get here (and still had some).
@Mathias: Those 'rilla sketches are really nice, especially the first (colored) one. Now we're just waiting for Jun to finish his and we can move on to the next topic.
Beginning with schedule 5B in Nicolaides, one is supposed to do a "daily composition", scribbling down something one has seen recently(preferably on the same day) into a ~5x7 inch (mine are 12x16cm instead) area from memory in up to 15 minutes (in addition to other exercises on that day) in the same fast and lose manner as in the regular gestures.
