It's easy to make a book filled with watercolor or other paper of your choice. My friend, Debbie Reid taught a group of us how to bind our papers to the book spine using a phamphlet stitch.

If you go out to purchase a hard cover book filled with Arches watercolor paper it costs quite a lot. About the price of a small yurt in La Canada. This is one of the reasons I make my own books. The other reason is I like to have several different kinds of paper in one book. Also I love having a vintage book cover on my sketchbook.

Please let me know if you'd like to make a sketchbook and I'll post directions here.

I made this book with some friends on Saturday. I showed them how and they whipped out their own books quickly!

I'm bringing this book with me on my May workshop trip to England to fill with watercolors of cottages, teapots and more. I still have a few spots open if you'd like to come along to paint in North Wales, Bath, Oxford and the Cotswolds.