Testing out my new journal

I’ve been working in my new Seawhite journal today. It’s A4, with 350gsm watercolour paper and wire-o binding. The paper is lovely to work on; it even coped well when I spilt acrylic ink and had to use a lot of water to rescue the page, with no buckling or damage to the surface of the paper. One page has perhaps 6 layers of gelli printed deli paper in some areas and the paper is sturdy enough to handle it well. The cover is rigid so I can stand the journal up to let the drips run without it falling over. The wire-o binding has its benefits but, overall, I prefer a standard book binding where I can mop ink and water out of the trough between pages.

Do I love it so far?Absolutely. The Drawing Room also has the Seawhite travel journal with 200gsm watercolour paper and a normal book binding. I’ll certainly be trying out those too.