Today I compared sketchbook paper between The Handbook and the Moleskine Sketchbook.When I first felt the Moleskine paper finish, I thought it would be great for ink and light washes. The paper seems thick by feel but was quite surprised by the results.
First off, when I used a water brush lightly going over my ink or water soluble graphite, the wet brush marks 'beaded' on the paper. Although I'm sure one could use that to their advantage for a textured look on smooth paper, I was not expecting that to happen.
The top of the page with my first example, I didn't notice the beading effect at that time. It wasn't until I tried again with the second illustration (boat) that it was obvious.
Next I tried using a water soluble pencil to see if maybe it was more the ink and water that would bead. I still experienced a slight beading but not to the extent as I did with the Tombow marker and water brush.
Closer look to show the beaded effect with the wash...............a rather nice effect if one wishes it to turn out that way depending upon subject matter.
Here's a simple watercolor example. Definite beading!
Close-up......
The one thing I didn't care for was the fact there was bleed-through from front side of a page to the back side if water applied. And another negative to this paper is the fact the Derwent water soluble graphite pencil doesn't erase very well using a putty eraser. So unlike the paper in The Handbook.
On a positive note - this little Moleskine sketchbook will be fine for pen and ink. :-)
I started the top left with a Stabilo pen and changed over to a Uni-ball pen.
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