Pencil on paper
My! Four weeks already into this challenge; only 48 to go! This week’s theme: Pods and seeds. You can follow us at https://helloeverysunday.tumblr.com/.
I’m still struggling to find the right sketchbook. I need something that could hold 365 days of drawings, that can handle wet medium from time to time and that stays easily opened. Does that even exist? I would settle for 100 pages since I often combine three or more drawings on the same page. If you are aware of such a product, please tell me where to find it!
Ah, I think I can help you there :)
In Westmount I stumbled on a lovely art supply store called Avenue des Arts. I remembered telling the proprio that I was looking for the ‘perfect sketchbook’ whereupon he reverentially mentioned the name Stillman and Birn. They are considered the ultimate in sketchbooks. They have different grades of books depending on your needs, but the paper in all of them is to die for. Marc Holmes from Urban Sketchers swears by it. Need I say more?
Oh and they have it at l’Avenue des Arts, which is not too far from our apartment! Thanks!