Moleskine Watercolor Notebook Review and tests

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Re: Moleskine Watercolor Notebook Review and tests

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I have used the Hahnemühle travel sketchbook for a watercolour journal this summer, and I need to say that it's only limitedly usable as watercolour sketchbook. The paper is nice and thick, so it won't curl from the water or let anything leak through to the other side of the page, but it also seems really thirsty and simply soaks up the washes, which makes for rather uneven colour application because you don't get very far with one brushload. I still liked working with it and have produced some okay watercolour pictures in it, but I can not really recommend it if your main medium is wet. It is good as a mixed media sketchbook with only occasional, quick and rather rough adds of colour.

I will try the AMI "sketchbook impressions" book next, as it claims to be suitable for not-too-wet watercolour washes. Currently I'm struggling with the Daler Rowney sketchbook of their "simply..." line, and it's not happy with my watercolour washes AT ALL. I still don't want to abandon it only two weeks after I've started, but since it curls so much I'm afraid that in a few more weeks it will be too fat to fit into my bag.
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Re: Moleskine Watercolor Notebook Review and tests

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Dandelion, I just came back from visiting Europe. One of the things I made sure to buy was a Hahnemühle sketchbook. I bought a large hard cover book, I'm excited to see how it handles light washes.
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Re: Moleskine Watercolor Notebook Review and tests

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It's very nice for watercolor!

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