The red was painted over after the yellow was dry. The paper can handle glazing or layering quite well. I was still able to blend colours smoothly by charging in some red paint onto the wet yellow wash. Watercolour and granulation looks terrific on the paper. The texture of the coldpress surface is lovely. Some water will seep through holes where the threads are but it's not too much, and hence not a big problem. Here's a watercolour sketch painted across two pages. This paper is used in the Arkademie watercolour sketchbook. This is Fabriano Rosaspina paper (60% cotton) which performs really well with wet on wet. This is Arches watercolour paper and the horizontal are able to blend more smoothly. You may also notice the horizontal strokes separating into smaller individual streams. The horizontal strokes are able to blend into the wet wash but not as smoothly compared to other better quality paper as seen below. These are horizontal strokes painted while the wash was wet. Creating gradated wash and colour blends is possible. Colours are able to blend softly together. The paper is able to handle pen, ink and watercolour quite well. That's how the cover is glued to the pages. The sketchbook can be opened completely flat which makes it easy to scan the pages. With time the elastic band will lose its elasticity and you'll have to cut and remove it – I've done so with several other sketchbooks with such elastic bands. There's an elastic band to hold the covers together. Fabric covers can get dirty quite easily. The hardcover is wrapped with cotton fabric that can be painted on. If you just want to buy one sketchbook, you can buy on Amazon (links below). Thankfully the prices are inclusive of shipping.
These are the prices at the time of review: The sketchbook is sold in a bundle of three on Etchr Lab website. The Etchr Sketchbook uses watercolour paper made with 100% cotton.Īnd since 100% cotton watercolour paper is expensive, this sketchbook is noticeably more expensive compared to non-cotton watercolour sketchbooks. If I remember correctly, the first watercolour sketchbook they made and sold was The Perfect Sketchbook designed by Erwin Lian. Etchr Lab is a company based in Australia that sells art supplies and instructional art videos.