Choosing a new SKETCHBOOK
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- Опубликовано: 25 авг 2024
- Hello, today we're talking Sketchbooks!
There are so many different types available and I can't possibly cover them all, but I can talk about the ones I own and have been using for the past few years.
I'm hopeful that this video can help you choose the right option for you and I talk about the reasons you might choose one over the other. There are a lot of things to consider so this may help you decide.
Here is the list of the books I discuss in the video. If these aren't available in your country or area, perhaps you can order online. Or there may be something else that's similar so make sure you do some research before you buy. If you have any questions please feel free to comment below I'd be happy to answer.
Winsor and Newton Cartridge paper sketchbook
Canson Drawing paper 220 GSM
Strathmore Toned paper
Inskribe Hardbound sketchbook
Daler Rowney Aquafine texture Watercolour Pad 300 GSM (Cold pressed)
Arches Medium Texture Watercolour pad 300 GSM (Cold pressed)
Fabriano Studio Watercolour paper, Hot Press, 200 and 300 GSM
Stillman and Birn Beta Series
Moleskine Watercolour Sketchbook
Stillman and Birn Delta Series Sketchbook
Strathmore Mixed Media 100% Cotton 90lb (190 GSM)
Strathmore Vision Mixed Media 98 lb (160 GSM)
review of this sketchbook here: • Strathmore Vision Mixe...
Canson XL Mixed Media 98 lb (160 GSM)
Some of the other Supplies Mentioned:
Holcroft watercolour sketchbook, 100% cotton, 300 gsm
Kuretake Watercolour Brush Pens
Watercolour Gouache Hybrid Pain- Mijello Mission White Class
Finetec Mica Gold Watercolour Paint
Daniel Smith Watercolour
Generals Charcoal and White Charcoal Pencil
Uniball Signo White Gel Pen
Copic Markers
Winsor and Newton India Ink
Thanks For watching!
My perfect sketchbook:
Bound sketchbook
Mixed media
Easy to carry around
Hardcover
Do you have one like this?
I want one with
Bound sketchbook
Big like 8/10
Black cover
Mixed media
Like 50 sheets/ pages
@@SarasStudio i believe strathmore and stillman and birn make sketchbooks like you're after. I have the strathmore one, but got it after I made this video.
@@EmmaFalconerArt are they bound and work with markers?
@@EmmaFalconerArt do you like your stillman. And birns one with markers?
This is exactly what I've been looking for- a comparison of a bunch of different sketchbooks with tons of brands I was interested in. Off to find watercolour review videos, might check out those hybrid ones too. Great video, keep up the stellar work!
I’m so glad you found it helpful! I actually wouldn’t mind making another video on this comparing a few more as I have a bit of a sketchbook buying obsession and have acquired more since I made this video. I have a problem haha. I should look at doing other comparisons in the future too, I’ll add them to my list. Thanks for your comment 😊
I hope this video is helpful to those on the hunt for a sketchbook. Is your favourite here or do you have another preference? I'd love to hear about your favourite sketchbooks 😊
wait this is so good, i hope you post more in the future :(
Thankyou, I definitely intend to post more in the future, I've just had a lot going on. I've actually filmed content just need to make videos. I hope you'll bear with me 😊
@@EmmaFalconerArt Of course! There's no rush 💜
I’ve always heard good feedback about all Strathmore sketchbooks but sadly no art store in my country has them and if I want to order one from abroad it comes to a total of around $40 + shipping is around $20-30.
I hope you can find something similar where you are so you don't have to spend a fortune on shipping to get strathmore.
Emma Falconer Art thanks for the reply I’m doing an intense research haha :3
@@StayTiny03 that's the best way! Out of curiosity, what is available where you are?
Emma Falconer Art I’ve seen Hahnemühle, Canson Croquis, Fabriano, Faber Castell, Palazzo, a lot of russian brands, and unbranded (cheap ones) P.S. I also found a tiny A5 moleskin sketchbook but the price is not worth it
@@StayTiny03 moleskine is expensive where I am as well, and have to agree, not worth the price. I've used Hahnamuele watercolour paper which was very nice. What media do you primarily use?
I had no idea that the Strathmore Visual sketchbooks were cotton. I always assumed they were wood pulp since they're so cheap. I checked the site just now and I'm officially excited. The watercolour sketchbook ison my Amazon list and I can wait to try it. Thanks so much this info
The vision mixed media sketchbooks probably are wood pulp, I couldn't find a lot of info for them, but yeah the visusl mixed media is 100% cotton. They're not cheap where I am unfortunately. Happy this very was helpful, enjoy your new sketchbook !
@@EmmaFalconerArt I've tried the vision one and I like it for markers and acrylics. But I was talking about the visual journal
@@fangchick93 apologies, auto correct stitched me up, I also meant the visual one lol I personally prefer the visual mixed media for watercolour, over the strathmore watercolour sketchbook
Love the swatching idea 👍
It's super helpful 😊
This was super helpful, thank you so much for making this video!
I'm glad you found it helpful 😊
Great video, I do love working in sketchbooks, I usually use stillman birn but would like to try different ones 👍
Stillman and birn make lovely sketchbooks 😊
@@EmmaFalconerArt yes they do
Many thanks for the review on different sketch pads.. I enjoy drawing and using my #Posc markers on the Canson Mix XL Media Pad..
Id recommend the canson lx mixed media ones. They're my go to!
They're excellent sketchbooks 😊
This was super helpful! I'd love to see you do a more in-depth video showing how the strathmore 500 series mixed media (the regular journal or the visual one, better yet how they compare because I always wonder if it's the same paper or not) and how it handles watercolors! I've had my eye in it but there aren't really many reviews on it so I haven't been able to make up my mind.
Hi, I'm glad you found this helpful. I am planning on doing a more in depth look at the strathmore mixed media sketchbooks, so stay tuned 😊
@@EmmaFalconerArt Thanks a lot! I'd also love to see how it handles wet on wet vs wet on dry. I'll definitely be sticking around 😆 I came for the sketchbook review but the work inside them is what made me subscribe! Your work is beautiful!
@@mach.7594 that's very sweet, thankyou! Yeah I will definitely look at different techniques and how the paper handles what I throw at it. I want the video to be as informative as possible so it will probably be a few weeks away.
@@EmmaFalconerArt that's completely fine with me 😆 I'm sticking around for the art so I can't wait to see what you create!
@@mach.7594 I'm glad, thankyou for the support 😊
Love this video keep coming back 💕🙏🏼
Thanks, I'm working hard to make more videos 😊
This is very helpful. Thank you so much 😊
You're very welcome, I'm glad it was helpful 😊
I use gouache and acrylic gouache 😊
I love A4 spiral bound Canson mixed media sketchbooks. I find the paper thick enough for what I’m doing, even with wet media. I also adore the Strathmore toned tan and grey books but I only use them for mostly dry and some ink. I tried the strathmore mixed media and they didn’t impress me at all.
Nice! Strathmore also make a thicker mixed media, grey toned in a pad for more wet media which is also nice.
@@EmmaFalconerArt Hi! Yea I found them on Amazon in tan, grey and blue and plan on getting them when I can.
@@catherineraper nice! I have the grey and blue but not the tan, maybe one day!
Your work is lovely, I shall follow and hope many others do the same.
Thankyou so much!
I wanna try the strathmore toned tan,toned gray and blue toned mixed media sketchbook for my gouache and my acrylic gouache 😊
They will be perfect for that! 😊
@EmmaFalcornerArt Would they?😁 i,ve never tryed it. I draw and paint now in a canson mixed media a4 sketchbook ✌🏾👍🏾👋🏾 would be cool i,ve never drawn or painted on toned paper before😁
@@lifeismusicparnadonkers toned paper is great for gouache as it has so much opacity. The paper acts as a mid tone so you can go straight in with light or dark. It’s a lot of fun! If you want to test the idea before you buy you could try painting a wash of grey on your current paper first, let it dry and then paint on top. I would suggest a wash of your acrylagouache or a waterproof ink so it doesn’t bleed in to what you paint on top
@@EmmaFalconerArt thank you so mutch for this information. I realy appriciate it. I....i am still doubting between the canson aquarel sketchbooks and the mixed me sketchbooks from canson. Thegouache paint doesnt dry that quick on mixed media paper as it has done on my canson a4 watercolour paper. But the acrylic gouache dry,s in no time and doesnt come off of the mixed media paper. So i don,t know witch on too choose🤔Btw the aquarel sketchbooks are way cheaper than the mixed media sketchbooks from canson 😁✌🏾👍🏾🎨👋🏾
@@EmmaFalconerArt i am staying whit my canson xl aquarel sketchbooks and dump the mixed media once,s and try the strathmore toned sketchbooks😁👋🏾🎨✌🏾👍🏾
I'm surprised canson xl is so reccomended for markers.. I struggle blending with it a bit. My color dries out before I'm able to blend another color into it well. I used a ucreate sketchbook not made for markers and idk I had an easier time and more time to blend my ohuhu markers out. Idk whats up.
In the canson xl mixed media? Wow that's strange. I'm not sure why that would be. I'm sorry you are having this issue. Is it possible some of your markers are drying out? Sorry, I'm just trying to think of possible causes...
I love the toned tan and toned gray sketchbooks of Strath more. I wanna use acrylic paint on the strath more sketchbook,s. I am not sure it will hold acrylic paints
Strathmore have a few different weights of paper in their grey toned paper range, you may get some warping but worth a try. You could also try adding some clear gesso to prime your pages first.
Thank you @EmmaFalconerArt😊
I want a bound sketchbook with a hard cover, white thick paper and normal sized for my book-bag im planning on using charcoal, graphite and pen on it
There’s a lot of options you could go with, I recently purchased a Jane Davenport mixed media sketchbook, I think it’s 8.5”x11” and the paper is quite thick. It’s hard bound, so hard cover and not spiral bound. Strathmore has some nice options and winsor and newton. It depends on where you are and what is available to you.
Such a nice video! Lovely artwork I saw, very nice. I immediately subscribed to your page as I would love to see more. Hopefully you start making more traditional videos again.
Thanks Danielle! Yes, I definetly have more traditional videos in the works
My perfect sketchbook:
Small (not way too small)
Hardcover
I dont need to rip the pages out!
Can take ink,lead,charcoal,paint,waterpaint
About this size:
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So many options! Do you already have one like this or are you looking for one?
@@EmmaFalconerArt im actually wanting to start a sketchbook!
@@tobyswishesxo9924 awesome! Well it sounds like you need a mixed media one, stillman and birn make some hardcover sketchbooks in A4 size, but that may be too big? Perhaps a moleskins watercolour or (i haven't reviewed them here, but I hear good things) the Paul ruebens hot pressed watercolour book or the etchr. These are pricier as they are 100% cotton though. I guess it depends on how you watercolour, I like using a lot of water so I prefer 300gsm 100% cotton. But if you're just doing light washes you'll have more options.
@@EmmaFalconerArt Thx sm! Im a huge fan! Ilysm!!
@@tobyswishesxo9924 that's so sweet! Thank you!
Do you have any recommendations for a square, hardcover sketchbook that works for mainly watercolor and graphite?
There aren’t a great deal of watercolour sketchbooks in a square format around, but Arteza makes one which is ok. It seems one side of the page is a big rougher which is suited to watercolour and a smoother side which would be more suited for your graphite. I tend to treat these sketchbooks a little more like mixed media than strictly watercolour. These are a cellulose paper so more on the affordable side and come in packs of 2 on Amazon. I have seen a couple of square watercolour sketchbooks on Amazon but I haven’t tried them.
Do you know a sketchbook that is like this? If so please send me the link to buy it >_>
Has a bendable cover
Has a strap to close it
Pure white paper
Can take any pencil/pen
Not too expensive
Easy to carry around
Kind of small, not too small. Kind of this size: 3:30
Can take markers (any kind)
Can take colored pencil
When you say bendable cover, do you mean like a ring bound where you can flip the cover all the way around to the back, or a soft cover?
Hello Emma! I was wondering if the Strathmore Visual journal works okay with copic markers? Thanks xx!
Hi Rowell, I found the vision mixed media ones work well, similar to canson xl mixed media if you've used those? The ink comes through to the back as if almost always the case but takes a lot of ink to go through to the next page. I just pop a scrap piece of paper behind the page I'm working on in case. The strathmore mixed media 100% cotton is a little more thirsty, so I prefer to use my markers on top of watercolour in that case. Hope this helps 😊 I've also done a video on the strathmore Vision Mixed Media sketchbook with more in details if you're interested.
Thank you! 🤗
@@rowelljrlegaspi5194 you're very welcome
My dream sketchbook:
Spiral bound
Mix media
White paper
Lots of pages
Medium sized
Hard cover
Sounds like the canson xl mixed media sketchbook would suit you. They make a smaller version than the one I showed in this video
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So how is the strathmore vison mixed media book......it it good for watercolor
So far I've only done some ink drawings in the vision mixed media sketchbook, but it was bottle ink watered down like water colour and I used the finetec watercolours as well, I found it worked well. I could maybe do a watercolour painting in it in another video if you're interested?
Hi Electric Cosmo, I have done further testing in the Strathmore viaion mixed media sketchbook, here's the link if you're interested , and you haven't already checked it out ruclips.net/video/TVD5DoqEXKM/видео.html
HOW DID YOU DRAW THE IT CHARACTERS (or in general, characters)???? I need to know hahaha could you make a tutorial??🙈
Hi, I drew the characters from the It movie by using photo references, stills from the movie, I sketched them and used liquid ink to paint them. I can look at doing a tutorial on this in future, my style kind of varies between semi realism and illustration, I can always look at doing tutorials on both I guess
@@EmmaFalconerArt ahhh okey. Thank u
@@linamaile9033 not sure if that was helpful? But yeah happy to look at future tutorials 😊
@@EmmaFalconerArt that’s great. I‘m excited haha!!☺️
Hey:))
I search for a sketchbook who can take watercolor veeerrry good and don’t wrinkle. And also is perfect for sharpies and normal pencil drawing yk?? What should I get?
I would try and find a watercolour sketchbook that's 300gsm to reduce buckling, 100% cotton is very nice. However if you want to use sharpies and pencils a mixed media sketchbook might serve you better. I'm not sure what's available where you are but perhaps stillman and birn beta, maybe even the delta series. I also like the strathmore visual mixed media, 100% cotton. Sometimes it's trial and error. Good luck! 😊
@@EmmaFalconerArt thank u so much!!!☺️
@@linamaile9033 you're very welcome, I hope you find your perfect sketchbook!
for the strathmore mixed media sketchbook the texture of the paper is it smooth or rough?
The strathmore Vision Mixed Media is fairly smooth, and the strathmore mixed media 100% cotton is lightly
textured, similar to a cold pressed watercolour paper
Emma Falconer Art i don’t rlly like drawing on rough paper so do u recommend me buying the strathmore visual journal mixed media?
@@evezz3926 it's not really rough, it's just not as smooth as the vision mixed media. The paper is also thicker in the 100% cotton and layers watercolour better if that's primarily what you'll be using. If you're going to be using alcohol markers more, I'd go with the vision mixed media.
Which of the mixed media sketchbooks is better for copics
Both the canon xl and the strathmore vision are good, they seem quite similar to me, you will always get bleed through to the back though. If you are solely using copics and not mixing your media you might be better with the x-press it blending paper or a rendr sketchbook if you want to use the back of the page.
Emma Falconer Art thank you very much
@@Palermoosso no worries 😊
Should i get halftone paper
That really is a personal preference, but if you're trying to learn tonal value it's very handy and you can create some very interesting effects with it.
I didn't understand the name of the very last sketchbook. I am always looking for cotton paper watercolor sketchbooks to try and I tried reading the name by pausing the video. But I just couldn't catch the name at the upper corner.
Hi, the last sketchbook that is 100% cotton watercolour paper is from a brand called holcroft. I got it from Riot art and craft in Australia
@@EmmaFalconerArt thank you so much Emma. It should be easy to find in Luxembourg, I saw it's produced in the Netherlands. Did you like using it? As a watercolor sketchbook I mean
@@huskytail i have only done a few paintings in it but I am enjoying using it. It's nice and thick so I've even painted on both sides of the paper with no issues. It wasn't great with the water soluble markers but watercolour paint was fine. These are the paintings I created in this book:
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I used a lot of layers, no issues for me.
And this is the first painting I did in the book
ruclips.net/video/ILlUNiCpcXE/видео.html
@@EmmaFalconerArt thank you very much for the feedback
@@huskytail you're very welcome 😊
Have you tested watercolor on the Strathmore visual journal??
The vision mixed media, or a different sketchbook?
I've used the strathmore watercolour visual journal, is that the one you mean? Sorry, they have so many
Emma Falconer Art yes
If you're still interested , and you haven't already checked it out I have finally created a video on the strathmore Vision Mixed Media sketchbook ruclips.net/video/TVD5DoqEXKM/видео.html
what exactly is a multimedia sketchbook?
Multimedia is the same as mixed media, being able to use several mediums, eg. Watercolour, pencils, acrylic etc usually the sketchbook will specify which mediums it will accept
i have the winsor and newton one ahaha
The cartridge sketchbook?
Does any one have a link for the first book
Hi, are you taking about the winsor and newton cartridge sketchbook? www.officeworks.com.au/shop/officeworks/p/winsor-newton-heavyweight-200-gsm-visual-journal-a4-ja0409250
What does mix media mean?
Mixed media means where you use multiple mediums to create an artwork. So you might use watercolour and alcohol markers together, or markers and coloured pencils etc.
Emma Falconer Art thank you for that info
But is it good with blending when using alcohol based markers
@@gannaaboushama4761 I found the strathmore vision mixed mixed media blended alcohol markers very well.
Emma Falconer Art strathmore is really expensive for my budget and I would rather a canson pad but I don’t know which exactly what canson paper is best with alcohol markers
@@gannaaboushama4761 the canson xl mixed media is also good worth alcohol markers
I don't have money to buy one even 😂💔 this is sad
You will in time. Just keep working with what you have for now and when you do have the money, I hope you find the perfect sketchbook for you.