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Have I ranted about my "lay-flat" Crescent RendR sketchbook? (These first two photos are from April, but I don't think I've posted them before.)
This is the 3½" by 5½" size. (I've got a blank 8½" by 11" still on the shelf that I'm hoping won't be this bad.) This does not lay flat by any definition. I have to clamp it open with a binder clip just to take a picture. And obviously, I can't draw on the whole surface with a binder clip in the way so to draw on it, I'm awkwardly forcing the sketchbook open with my left hand while drawing with my right. I wouldn't even be that annoyed if the description of the product didn't have "lay flat" in the title.
(supplies: the only Copic markers I have are the flesh-tone set, the grays and colors are Blick markers)
I like the paper in the RendR sketchbooks (so far they have held up to the claim of being bleed-proof — I've even used alcohol markers in them without a hint of marker showing through on the reverse side), but the binding is driving me bonkers.
Does anyone have a favorite sketchbook? (I think my Tales Art Creations one is my favorite so far, except it's a bit small so I'm planning to size up the next time I make a purchase.)
At any rate, I'm still having fun with my brown ("caramel") Pilot pen. It gives such a fun sepia effect when I wash it out with water on a brush.
This is the 3½" by 5½" size. (I've got a blank 8½" by 11" still on the shelf that I'm hoping won't be this bad.) This does not lay flat by any definition. I have to clamp it open with a binder clip just to take a picture. And obviously, I can't draw on the whole surface with a binder clip in the way so to draw on it, I'm awkwardly forcing the sketchbook open with my left hand while drawing with my right. I wouldn't even be that annoyed if the description of the product didn't have "lay flat" in the title.
(supplies: the only Copic markers I have are the flesh-tone set, the grays and colors are Blick markers)
I like the paper in the RendR sketchbooks (so far they have held up to the claim of being bleed-proof — I've even used alcohol markers in them without a hint of marker showing through on the reverse side), but the binding is driving me bonkers.
Does anyone have a favorite sketchbook? (I think my Tales Art Creations one is my favorite so far, except it's a bit small so I'm planning to size up the next time I make a purchase.)
At any rate, I'm still having fun with my brown ("caramel") Pilot pen. It gives such a fun sepia effect when I wash it out with water on a brush.
