Back in 2020 when the 'Vid was wrecking havoc on the world, my job of 13 years was a casualty. Thrown into the unemployment line for the first time in my career, I had to find ways to keep my sanity when not frantically networking and searching for jobs. I returned to my roots as I had been sketching since I was old enough to handle a pencil without poking my eye out.
So I got book covers, album covers, etc. and my pen and paper and for two minutes I would look at the item and NEVER down at my paper. This would result in a spontaneous "blind" sketch. After the two minutes I could look at the result in order to color and complete the work. I first was taught this approach back in college and quite honestly it can produce some of the coolest results.