My most recent project is creating a different type of journals for sketching and painting in.
The idea came from Laure Ferlita's post and the Midoris Traveler's Notebook you can get and refill with little notebooks by sliding them between elastic bands.
There are three signatures of four folded sheets of Fabriano Artistico Cold Press 104 lb watercolor paper and the size is about 3.5 x 5.5". This gives you 16 pages each signature / 48 pages front and back to sketch on.
What I like about this idea is that the signatures are not permanently sewn together (at this point) and if you wat a 2 page spread or don't want to work with the bulk of the sketchbook, you can slide a page section out and work on it flat and then slide it back in. Makes it easier too to scan for a digital copy of your artwork.
Once the signatures are completed with sketches/paintings, you can then sew the signatures together or just keep this book together and make another. The elastic bands hold nicely.
This is a great way to mix paper surfaces up as well (watercolor paper, drawing paper, notebook pater, etc.) all in one little sketchbook.
I plan to play more using eyelets where the holes are punched in the cover and maybe adding beads and/or charms for a more decorative look. I also want to explore sewn covers in place of faux leather once I figure out how to sew a straight line with a sewing machine..........lol. Maybe add a pen look, as well :-)
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