Comments on: What they don’t tell you about sketchbooks http://www.sew2speak.com/archives/2009/03/17/what-they-dont-tell-you-about-sketchbooks/ By small actions great things are accomplished - Lao Tse Sun, 06 Nov 2011 20:47:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Elizabeth Braun http://www.sew2speak.com/archives/2009/03/17/what-they-dont-tell-you-about-sketchbooks/comment-page-1/#comment-399 Elizabeth Braun Fri, 17 Apr 2009 08:56:29 +0000 http://www.sew2speak.com/?p=1111#comment-399 Hi! I too am doing C&G level 3 cert. The amount of supplies you need to buy during the first stages is breathtaking! I started with, what I thought, was everything I could ever need, but have added such things as acrylic and oil paints, silk paints, fabirc paints, all manner of papers for collage work, soluble (is the spelled right??) fabric, machine embroidery threads etc and no doubt plenty more! Pink Pig books are lovely. I have 2 of their sqaure ones, although I confess to not having used them yet. I've got quite an amount of coloured drawing/pastel papers as well as watercolour stuff etc, so I haven't really needed to start my 'fancy' sketchbooks yet.=) How are you coping with the course in general and how far on are you with it? I'm at a college doing it in person, (for a wonder!!) and am horribly behind thanks to this persistent 'flu menace, but I'm not giving up. I'm not dead yet!! Hi! I too am doing C&G level 3 cert. The amount of supplies you need to buy during the first stages is breathtaking! I started with, what I thought, was everything I could ever need, but have added such things as acrylic and oil paints, silk paints, fabirc paints, all manner of papers for collage work, soluble (is the spelled right??) fabric, machine embroidery threads etc and no doubt plenty more!

Pink Pig books are lovely. I have 2 of their sqaure ones, although I confess to not having used them yet. I’ve got quite an amount of coloured drawing/pastel papers as well as watercolour stuff etc, so I haven’t really needed to start my ‘fancy’ sketchbooks yet.=)

How are you coping with the course in general and how far on are you with it? I’m at a college doing it in person, (for a wonder!!) and am horribly behind thanks to this persistent ‘flu menace, but I’m not giving up. I’m not dead yet!!

]]> By: Helen Conway http://www.sew2speak.com/archives/2009/03/17/what-they-dont-tell-you-about-sketchbooks/comment-page-1/#comment-387 Helen Conway Sat, 21 Mar 2009 22:03:25 +0000 http://www.sew2speak.com/?p=1111#comment-387 I like Pink Pig books. You can get them on line direct from the supplier ( postage is high but works out a good rate if you buy a few) or from ario.co.uk. They are not actually watercolour paper but they are a strong enought cartridge paper that they will take some watercolour. they do sort of curve a bit if you do an all over wash but I don't mind that and I love the covers! You could try binding your block paper sinto a nice book yourself. I like Pink Pig books. You can get them on line direct from the supplier ( postage is high but works out a good rate if you buy a few) or from ario.co.uk. They are not actually watercolour paper but they are a strong enought cartridge paper that they will take some watercolour. they do sort of curve a bit if you do an all over wash but I don’t mind that and I love the covers! You could try binding your block paper sinto a nice book yourself.

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