This is a glance into my year-end summary of things. One of my metrics is how many sketchbooks I filled - and this year I managed to finish my sketchbook #163 on December 31st! Which means that I got to start a new sketchbook on the very first day of the year!! But within the 365 days of 2025 I worked in six sketchbooks (I was about 1/2 way through the #158 when the year began). All of these sketchbooks have many additional pages taped and glued in, so it is hard to judge by the number only. For example, my sketchbook 163 gained over 500 grams from the things that I added to it! Somehow stickers were not applied to sketchbook #159 :) (and #162 - but that one has such a gorgeous paper on the cover that stickers could not compete!). Last Year I worked in 4 1/2 sketchbooks, a year before that - in 7. I linked previous "year in sketchbook" posts below if you are interested.
You definitely seem to enjoy a variety of sketchbooks! Do you have a preference for type of paper for gouache vs watercolor?
ReplyDeleteI prefer 300 g hot press watercolor paper for more serious gouache projects but for the everyday sketchbook it is far more important for me to have a variety and keep switching - so anything works! If pressed I would probably stick to Stillman&Burn alpha paper for the gouache works as a sketchbook.
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