When I began keeping sketchbook journals (19 years ago! 🙀), I would normally work in only one sketchbook at a time. Sometimes, if the main book was larger, I might keep a smaller one in my purse for away-from-home drawing. Recently, that keeping to a single book at a time thing has become muddled up. I currently have FOUR sketchbooks!
In the photo above, #1 is my current all-purpose sketchbook — a Hahnemuhle 100% cotton A5 watercolor book. Fabulous paper! The pen pocket on the cover holds my heavy brass Kaweco Sport, the best fountain pen for controlling hand tremor.
#2 is actually the wallet that lives in my purse, a Traveler’s card size notebook, but it also has blank paper refills for drawing and a Kaweco Liliput fountain pen.
#3 is a regular Traveler’s Notebook, passport size. Hanging on the elastic band is a Field Mouse refillable fine liner pen from Tom’s Studio. Inside, there’s a zip pocket holding a Demi palette from Art Toolkit, a small travel brush, and folded tissue. The pen loop holds a small waterbrush. The paper refills are mostly watercolor paper, though one is Kraft paper.
And #4, the A6 Hahnemuhle ZigZag sketchbook I’m going to use for the Calmtober challenge during the month of October.
Nice! I have decided I don't like fountain pens. Too much work to keep them clean and to keep them from drying out. I live in the desert. Maybe the low humidity is a factor. Also, I've never invested in high quality ones. Only cheaper ones in the Sailor Fude DeMannen category. Maybe that's the problem. I loved my Sailor Fude at first, but it kept clogging up. I tried different online suggestions. Finally, bought a new one. Same thing. Anyway, I like all your little books and clever pen carriers.
ReplyDeleteClimate definitely affects a fountain pen’s ink flow! We live near the Gulf of Mexico, so our climate is very humid. But desert air is so dry! (We got married in Apache Junction, Arizona.)
DeleteHave you tried a refillable Lumos pen made by Tom’s Studio? Expensive initially, but it’s a refillable fine-liner with changeable nibs. Like using a Micron Pigma but it takes any fountain pen ink except the glittery ones. Instead of paying for lots of different Micron Pigma pens, the Lumos sort of pays for itself.