A gorgeous, dense sketchbook spread by artist Sterling Hundley, drawn with Blackwing pencil, in what appears to be a Moleskine. This is the kind of sketchbook page I can get lost in. The observational sketchbooks of Sterling Hundley. With a focus on time as a central theme, these journals are filled with “compression portraits”, which … Continue reading Sterling Hundley’s Sketchbook
This week’s notebook addict sent the photos and comments below about her beautiful and colorful notebooks: I can’t exist without writing, painting and making art in my notebooks. I live in the Texas panhandle area. There just isn’t much to do here at all except watch sunsets and moonrise and hear the coyotes howl and … Continue reading Notebook Addict of the Week: Mary
I realized that my “using now” feature hadn’t been updated in quite a while, since October 2018. I finished all my main notebooks around the end of the year, so my daily carry is completely different. As usual, I have a few other notebooks in progress as well. Daily Carry Notebooks As noted in other … Continue reading Notebooks I’m Using Now: February 2019
I haven’t talked a whole lot about the Bullet Journal trend on this site. If by some chance you found your way to this site but still don’t know was a Bullet Journal is, it is a system of list-making, logging and planning that frequently features elaborately designed and decorated notebook pages (but can also … Continue reading The Bullet Journal Trend
Several years ago, while browsing on eBay, I came across a series of very unusual Moleskine notebooks that I’d never seen: Moleskine Zoom. I purchased two batches of these over the last few years, both times from international sellers where shipping was fairly expensive. (I “solved” that problem by making offers for combined bulk purchases, … Continue reading Moleskine Zoom Notebooks
This week’s addict is a designer and illustrator who has filled a nice row of Moleskine journals: What’s inside is even better: beautiful travel collages! For the past several years, I’ve keep a sketchbook that I use for everyday notes, ideas, lists, sketches, as well as travel collages. I carry it with me everywhere and, … Continue reading Notebook Addict of the Week: Naomi Leeman
I spotted this week’s addict on the Reddit r/Notebooks community: In the comments, the user details all the different brands, including Rite in the Rain, Superior Maker, Samsill, Black n Red and others. I don’t have a problem, I can stop anytime I want!
Sarah asks: I wanted to ask your recommendation on a set of notebooks that I can use to journal my entire year so that I can carry them and write in them around one or two months’ worth at a time. I don’t like Moleskine’s thin paper but I am looking for that concept, a … Continue reading Reader Question: Where Can I Get a Set of Monthly Journals?
One thing I have been bad about on this site is following up on my notebook reviews to see how notebooks perform and hold up after being used daily til they are complete. My “everyday carry” notebook habits are pretty consistent and skew heavily towards the older Moleskines I’ve stockpiled over the years, but I … Continue reading My Daily Notebooks: Moleskine Alternatives
Another notebook addict spotted on Instagram, where she posted this photo of her 2018 sketchbooks and notebooks: You can follow her on Instagram at @elizabethalley, where she also sometimes posts photos from inside her sketchbooks.