I'm looking for a new sketchbook supplier. What I've been using in the past isn't available anymore.
Previously I've used Canson or Strathmore with the tan (oatmeal) 80 pound paper. I do ink sketching with Pilot V5 pens. A lot of cross hatching type stuff.
Any recommendations for a new sketchbook?
proto
Feb 27, 23 2:16 pm
i use the moleskine dot background books
but the house brand wire bound hard cover ones from blick art are pretty good value for a fold flat option
Non Sequitur
Feb 27, 23 2:25 pm
Moleskin is the default and I get a few free ones from contractors every year... but I don't like the hardcover ones. Hard to put away when on site. I typically buy the soft-cover journal version. Comes in packs of 3 for $20 (https://www.moleskine.com/en-u...)
My new favorite are leuchtturm1917s. Large soft cover. Dot pattern pages, takes all sorts of mediums, multiple colour cover options. Bonus points for not being a Moleskin.
the soft 8x5 moleskin tucks nicely into the back of your waistband (& under your jacket) when you have to climb a ladder too
Wood Guy
Feb 27, 23 2:29 pm
I use Strathmore 400 series, sometimes recycled paper (green) and sometimes virgin (brown). Not fancy but I go through them pretty quickly and they are mostly utilitarian for me.
Chad Miller
Feb 27, 23 3:01 pm
I don't use my sketchbooks for work - they're just for artistic (kind of) sketching of things.
Non Sequitur
Feb 27, 23 5:18 pm
Moleskin watercolour book was my default back when I cared. Expensive as fuck considering you get a fraction of the pages of a typical sketchbook but it held up well to acrylic and heavy ink pens.
Chad Miller
Feb 28, 23 1:30 pm
Those look like nice sketchbooks. I'll have to pick one up and try it out!
I like Fabriano, grid patterned or dot grid. They're not huge, relatively flexible/durable. I like being a little rougher in terms of my treatment of sketchbooks and these don't fall apart but do show the "weathering" well.
It's a little different than your typical sketchbook. I suggest the staple bound version.
____
Feb 27, 23 3:17 pm
For me the type of mark making instrument and the type of field affects the way I address the paper.
My favorite is a mechanical pencil on the back of a random piece of paper like a discarded envelope.
Anything else like a bound sketchbook particularly if it has the word sketchbook on it inhibits my thought process.
Occasionally I will use a spiral school notebook that has lined paper or a tablet of grid paper.
Chad Miller
Feb 27, 23 4:10 pm
I'll just use trace for my office sketching. I'll draw on anything for in the field type stuff. That's not what I'm talking about though. I'm referring to life drawing type sketching. Like touring other cities and sketching the architecture.
____
Feb 27, 23 4:45 pm
How about a canvas pad. There are 2 types one that is fake and one that is real.
Chad Miller
Feb 27, 23 4:49 pm
Canvas pad? Could you elaborate?
____
Feb 27, 23 5:04 pm
Master's Touch 9x12 100% cotton. Not sure if your pen would bleed. There is another one that is fake, a pattern impressed onto the paper. I don't use it. Sorry, I can't remember who makes it. The fake one might take the ink better and might make the crosshatching interesting.
I'm looking for a new sketchbook supplier. What I've been using in the past isn't available anymore.
Previously I've used Canson or Strathmore with the tan (oatmeal) 80 pound paper. I do ink sketching with Pilot V5 pens. A lot of cross hatching type stuff.
Any recommendations for a new sketchbook?
i use the moleskine dot background books
but the house brand wire bound hard cover ones from blick art are pretty good value for a fold flat option
Moleskin is the default and I get a few free ones from contractors every year... but I don't like the hardcover ones. Hard to put away when on site. I typically buy the soft-cover journal version. Comes in packs of 3 for $20 (https://www.moleskine.com/en-u...)
My new favorite are leuchtturm1917s. Large soft cover. Dot pattern pages, takes all sorts of mediums, multiple colour cover options. Bonus points for not being a Moleskin.
https://www.leuchtturm1917.ca/...
the soft 8x5 moleskin tucks nicely into the back of your waistband (& under your jacket) when you have to climb a ladder too
I use Strathmore 400 series, sometimes recycled paper (green) and sometimes virgin (brown). Not fancy but I go through them pretty quickly and they are mostly utilitarian for me.
I don't use my sketchbooks for work - they're just for artistic (kind of) sketching of things.
Moleskin watercolour book was my default back when I cared. Expensive as fuck considering you get a fraction of the pages of a typical sketchbook but it held up well to acrylic and heavy ink pens.
Those look like nice sketchbooks. I'll have to pick one up and try it out!
Chad, it's this one I used to get. All pages are perforated so you can pull them out. https://www.moleskine.com/en-us/shop/notebooks/art-collection/watercolor-art/watercolour-album-black-9788883705625.html
Thanks! I'm looking at the A4 size.
I like Fabriano, grid patterned or dot grid. They're not huge, relatively flexible/durable. I like being a little rougher in terms of my treatment of sketchbooks and these don't fall apart but do show the "weathering" well.
It's a little different than your typical sketchbook. I suggest the staple bound version.
For me the type of mark making instrument and the type of field affects the way I address the paper.
My favorite is a mechanical pencil on the back of a random piece of paper like a discarded envelope.
Anything else like a bound sketchbook particularly if it has the word sketchbook on it inhibits my thought process.
Occasionally I will use a spiral school notebook that has lined paper or a tablet of grid paper.
I'll just use trace for my office sketching. I'll draw on anything for in the field type stuff. That's not what I'm talking about though. I'm referring to life drawing type sketching. Like touring other cities and sketching the architecture.
How about a canvas pad. There are 2 types one that is fake and one that is real.
Canvas pad? Could you elaborate?
Master's Touch 9x12 100% cotton. Not sure if your pen would bleed. There is another one that is fake, a pattern impressed onto the paper. I don't use it. Sorry, I can't remember who makes it. The fake one might take the ink better and might make the crosshatching interesting.
Thanks!