June 4, 2007
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Sketchbook Review

Duc N. Ly, who has a blog about Writing Diaries and Vietnam, writes an interesting review of Eastgate's watercolor sketchbooks.

I’ll be packing this slim book along on my sojourns. I love the indigo blue cover. It seems to be laced with fine fibers and wrapped in a soft paper over durable book making board.

I did some drawings with Uniball Vision fine. This pen, let me tell ya, bleeds on most surfaces, especially index cards. On the Savior Faire paper however, it wrote well and draws a fine line. In fact it’s a perfect pen for such a rough acid-free hand made paper