Handmade sketchbook

There's something wonderful about staying at a lighthouse; the symbolism, the remote location, the fresh air....

Oh how lovely this small cardboard art journal is! It's called "oak fragments", by Lotta Helleberg - See more pictures on her website!

Helen Wells Art + Sketchbooks on Instagram: "Making a simple sketchbook. I use up abandoned paintings, experiments and scruffy paper and repurpose them to make small handmade sketchbooks and art journals. Here I’m using an old bit of painted paper. These little sketchbooks can be made out of any paper which you can fold. They can be used as concertina sketchbooks or turned into a more traditional sketchbook with a little glue. I’ve popped a link in my stories/story highlights for an easy to…

Nov 2, 2019- If you’re on this board you love books. You love reading. You love literature. Mountains of paperbacks litter your bookcases; a reminder of your eternal and ever expanding to-read list. Here you will find relatable quotes, humourous images that highlight the silly bits of being a bibliophile and fantasy illustrations that embody the feelings of journey and safety reading novels grants us, the joy of reading itself, as well as the intimacy with characters that we each know well…

Guest Post by Richard Sheppard in Cloverdale, California After searching many years for the perfect sketchbook, I finally gave up on the commercial brands and decided to make my own. For weeks I stayed up all night tearing paper, threading needles, poking holes in mat boards, and utilizing all kinds of gadgets, until finally I […]

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Making a sketchbook can be as easy or as ornate as you want it to be. I am going to show two easy books in this tutorial. If you have any problems or questions, please use the contact form at the bottom of the page to contact me. These are some of the tools I use to make my books. You don't need to buy anything special. Most of these things can be found in your house. Upper right and going clockwise: Thin and thick cloth covered elastic (you can use pony tail cloth covered elastics). Bee's…

Learn how to make your own DIY sketchbook. You can also turn this into a DIY watercolor sketchbook depending on your paper choice.