📔 Travelogue Artist Watercolor Journal - Large Landscape Size, High-Quality 95lb/200gsm Paper Review

I am very happy with this sketchbook. It's a lot stronger than I expected. Cold-pressed paper, about 90 pounds, but surprisingly strong. I write with icing. Each of the images I've made so far is made up of multiple layers, first wet on wet and then wet on dry. In some places I'd say it's even 9 or 10. The paper can be lifted, cleaned a bit, but not much. As long as you don't do big washes you can create some pretty designs on this paper. Of course there is a twist. You can see it in my photos…

I was so excited when I found this size because I was looking for an 8-9 inch square watercolor magazine. Global Arts uses a combination of glue and staple binding for the magazine and at least what I received has the glue seeped into the pages so all the other spreads are glued and need to be separated. Stains of torn paper and glue in the middle of the spread, meaning these pages are pretty crappy for large designs. I'm so desperate for a magazine of this size to be able to keep it, but I'm…

Update: I still love this sketchbook. I either prewet my pages or don't wet them and it all holds up well. I use the lighter weight of the two options. I work with other watercolor books (twisted, glued and bound) and still prefer this particular brand of book. I do not know why. I think I prefer the lack of bleeds and that it can handle all the digging I've done with so much layered media. I've completed two full sketchbooks, a large square and an 8x5, and I love both. I plan to continue…