A couple of pages of the weather sketchbook, which is really a Handbook Journal, although the size is 5x7" landscape size which I really don't like - too wide. My answer to Cin's comment/question about if I like these journals, is yes, I do like them. My favorite is the 5x5" one. The paper is nicer than Moleskine for a watercolor wash. They are good for quick sketches, and not for finished watercolor paintings however, which is hard for me to remember that that is the purpose of a sketchbook, to work out ideas, and capture quick images. Sometimes I find myself trying to make a finished painting in them. The Handbook Journal paper absorbs the pigment in a nice way. You can see the difference in the august 13 squash in journal, then on Arches cold press paper. Both paintings have the same Holbein Aureolin yellow watercolor paint.
You can really see the difference in richness of color, depth and vibrancy between the sketch and the painting. I like the 5x5 one too, though I'm not so crazy about the paper. I just made a little sketchbook by tearing up a two sheets of watercolor paper and having them bound at Kinkos with a wire binding. I'm not crazy about it aesthetically but I'm liking having having the real thing.
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