A while back I stumbled upon a
YouTube video by Dina Wakley where she showed an art journal that I absolutely fell in love with at first sight.
Did I
need another sketchbook/journal? Hell no! But sketchbooks (and art supplies in general) are to me what clothes and shoes are to most other women. You may have dozens of them, but you don't have
this one yet! So yeah, I bought it.
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| It's about B5 size (I love the B sizes more than the A sizes for some reason, don't ask me why) |
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| It has thick white cotton paper.... |
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| ...and burlap pages.... |
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| ...and canvas pages... |
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| ....and kraft paper pages! |
It's the different surfaces that lured me in. If you are even remotely as greedy as me when it comes to sketchbooks, I'm sure you understand.
So far I have only worked on the first four pages which are made of the white thick cotton paper. The paper holds up very well to different media, so I love it so far.
Here's a look at what I did:
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| Abstract in watercolour. |
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| Doodle drawing in markers and gel pens. |
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| Collage with paper, and flowers in coloured pencil. |
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| Collage with gouache and decorative papers. |
I used all sorts of media on it, from wet to dry and collage as well and it's all going down fine.
The next page I have to do is a burlap one and I have ideas of using embroidery thread on it. I'll let you know how that goes.
For now I'm pretty pleased with my purchase and I look forward to seeing where this book will take me.
Wishing you all a wonderful and artsy day!
