Anyone who keeps an art journal will enjoy this post. Roz recommends shaking up your creativity by simply trying a new kind of paper: I’ve been writing about taking trips and mini-vacations. Well, now I want you to consider taking one away from your favorite paper. Or away from the paper you normally use, which … Continue reading Change Your Journaling Paper
Gerard is a curator and arts educator who emailed me some great photos of his “Idea Books,” which he’s filled nearly 40 of over the years: I love the idea of having notebooks dedicated solely to ideas and creativity. And you know how I can tell Gerard is an extremely creative guy? Look at the … Continue reading Notebook Addict of the Week: Gerard
“Deafmessanger” is Kucin, an artist living in Prague. He sells his notebooks, diaries, sketchbooks and postcards in lots of locations around Europe, as well as at Bluestockings and Spoonbill and Sugartown here in NYC. He contacted me a few months ago and offered me a sample journal to review– when I took a look at … Continue reading Review: Handmade Journal by Deafmessanger
Someone asks i just got one and i like the paper texture alot for pen and markers, but ive never used them for pencil and was wondering how yall feel about them, and how well pencil works on them Lots of comments, both pro and con. See the discussion at deviantART Forum: how do you … Continue reading Moleskine Monday: deviantART Forum Discussion
This is one of the most gorgeous examples of notebook art I’ve ever seen: See more at Juan Rayos – Chinese Moleskine | Aqua-Velvet.
alla prima is the art blog of R Chunn of Portland, Oregon. (“Alla prima” is a term for a method of painting.) On Tuesdays, R posts sketchbook images like these, which seem to have been done in a HandBook Journal, from what I can see of the red edge and orange ribbon marker peeking out … Continue reading Sketchbook Tuesday at Alla Prima
I’m a longtime fan of the Urban Sketchers website. Small notebooks aren’t necessarily the only way to do urban sketches, but they’re probably the most practical and frequent tool, so the site offers lots of notebook eye-candy, as well as some great art. Here are a few recent favorites: The site has also organized an … Continue reading Urban Sketchers
This website is a notebook-lover’s dream. Check out all the beautiful images at Carnets | The Swedish Parrot. You can also see more at his Flickr stream. Here’s just a taste:
I liked the look of this slipcased set of notebooks: From the product description: The design of this set of three notebooks is adapted from works by the German artist Marcel Odenbach (b. 1953). The notebooks are packaged in a stylish slipcase, each notebook has a different cover and contains either 64 blank, lined or … Continue reading Odenbach Notebooks at MoMA Store
Here’s someone who has just finished one Moleskine sketchbook and is about to start another: I love what she wrote about using her notebooks: I carry my moleskine almost everywhere I go — it’s my calandar, it’s my reference book, it’s my crossword-puzzle-holder, it’s my playground,it’s my portfolio, it’s my storybook, it’s my notebook, it’s … Continue reading Moleskine Monday: Old and New