New Sketchbook from Palma Rea

One of the constant curses/delights of this sketching hobby is the fun of finding, and trying out, new materials; whether it be pens, sketchbooks or paints. It’s always fun to something new. And there always seems to be something new, waiting to be discovered too.

A cyber-friend on Facebook, Palma Rea, makes and sells handmade sketchbooks on her Etsy site.

How could I resist!

I ordered one a short ago …

Yesterday Palma messaged me, asking whether it had arrived yet.

It hadn’t.

But it arrived today. All neatly wrapped in vivid blue tissue paper.

With a lovely little thank you card and a couple of extra goodies; a nice, grippy HB pencil and a Faber Castell waterproof gel pen.

My sketchbook is a bright red faux leather (which is why I used acrylics to paint it up).

It has a couple of handy plastic pockets inside and 300gsm fabriano paper.

From Palma’s Etsy site:

The corners are protected and embellished with 2 ornate metal corners in antique silver colour.
The cover has been lined to add support and its thickness is approx 5 mm. It is soft to touch and the surface can be easily wiped clean with a damp cloth.
There is an added pocket folder with a closure is handy for containing charts, ephemera , notes, pens etc

Measurements of journal : 8.5 inches x 6.5 inches

This journal is a comfortable size to take anywhere and fits easily into most bags for outdoor sketching. It contains heavy weight paper that you can also use for other mediums such as pen, ink, graphite, acrylic etc The pages do NOT curl!

I’m looking forward to starting it tomorrow.