80-2520-2526 – How to case bind a sketchbook

Image | February 7, 2025 | Art-Chap-Enjoin

I have been meaning to post these sketches ever since I conducted a small workshop (with #UskQuezonCity) on binding your own sketchbook, way back in December 2023! I have posted a few of these sketches before, but here are all of them along with notes on what you need and how to do it. I have been binding my own sketchbooks since 2019, motivated by the high cost of sketchbooks with good quality paper (and even a few expensive ones with poor quality paper!). I have learnt how to do this by following the videos of @SeaLemonDIY on YouTube. If you prefer video tutorials she has plenty of great ones.

Fri-7-Feb-2025

Sketchbook 34-part 2: Mar-Apr 2019

Image | April 28, 2020June 7, 2020 | Art-Chap-Enjoin

Here is another belated video of one of my sketchbooks from last year. I split the video into two parts to make each part only a minute long – this is the second part. This sketchbook was the first one I bound myself – using Fabriano watercolour paper.

Sun-7-June-2020

Sketchbook 34-part 1: Mar-Apr 2019

Image | April 15, 2020 | Art-Chap-Enjoin

Here is a very belated video of one of my sketchbooks from last year. I had to split this into two parts to make each part only a minute long. This sketchbook was the first one I bound myself – using Fabriano watercolour paper.

Wed-15-April-2020

Sketchbook 33: Feb-Mar 2019

Image | January 27, 2020 | Art-Chap-Enjoin

Here is one of my little videos of my sketchbooks from last year. This sketchbook was a Hahnemuehle A5 with 200g/m2 paper – just lovely to use and one of my favourites.

Sun-26-Jan-2020

1294 – Queen’s Park

Image | January 4, 2020 | Art-Chap-Enjoin

Last Sunday morning, while waiting for my daughter to get out of bed, instead of hanging around doing noting I went for a little walk near her house and sketched this. I had frozen fingers even though I was wearing new fingerless gloves – yet there were boys kicking a ball around, wearing shorts…I’m certainly not acclimatised to the UK.

Sun-29-Dec-2019

40-1293 – Winter trees

Image | January 3, 2020April 9, 2026 | Art-Chap-Enjoin

Last weekend I drove down to Brighton to see my daughter. I arrived early and had 30 minutes to wait while she came from the train station…naturally I took the opportunity to sketch, but decided staying in the warm of the car was the best idea! This sketch looks towards Queen’s Park.

Sat-28-Dec-2019

1292 – Christmas evening

Image | December 31, 2019 | Art-Chap-Enjoin

After a day of eating too much, opening gifts and drinking, what else is there to do but curl up in front of the TV. Here is my daughter doing exactly that on Christmas evening.

Wed-25-Dec-2019

40-1291 – Tuk-tuk in the airport

Image | December 30, 2019April 6, 2026 | Art-Chap-Enjoin

Here is another sketch I did while waiting at Heathrow to meet up with my daughter on Christmas Eve. This is what I’d call a Tuk-tuk – an auto rickshaw…which I have seen a lot of in South East Asia, particularly in Bangkok. This one was set up outside Caffè Nero to sell flowers out of the back…I had intended to include those in the sketch, but as I often do, I drew too large!

Tue-24-Dec-2019

40-1290 – Bollards and barriers

Image | December 29, 2019March 10, 2026 | Art-Chap-Enjoin

Having a few hours to wait to meet up with my daughter in Heathrow Airport I naturally took the opportunity to do some sketching. This is the view out the window of terminal 2…not exactly the most inspiring sight when you arrive in the UK.

Tue-24-Dec-2019