How are we a third of the way through January already?!? I haven't even been able to enjoy being out of school yet since no one else is going either--it's snowing so much here that the university has already canceled classes for today and tomorrow. I spent the day trying to organize my life, deciding what supplies will go with me to my artist's residency, which fabrics can be printed and made into book covers, talking sweetly so my husband will trudge through the snow to take out the many bags of trash I produced in cleaning up.
Some of the fabrics I will use for book covers are Tim's old canvases. Below are images of the sketchbooks I made our awesome artist-nephews for Christmas--watercolor paper bound inside a hardcover wrapped in canvas so they can paint the cover themselves. It's pretty awesome to be related to little boys who get excited by paper and paint from real life (yes, they are superheroes in real life).
What do you think: Should I make these sketchbooks for Feeding The Lake on etsy?
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| Binding sketchbooks. In true artistic fashion, this was the morning we were leaving. |
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| Nolan trying to talk his brother into sharing one of the two books he received. Nolan hadn't opened his own gift yet. |
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| Tim drawing Nolan drawing Batman. |
These books really are incredible! They are so beautiful, yet sturdy and they hold up great for young artists. We pull them out and have the kids each draw or paint a page or two at a time - then all their work is together in one place to display and keep for a lifetime. The pages are nice, heavy paper that doesn't wrinkle with watercolor paint or get torn up by markers. I also love the blank canvas covers. It allows the kids to create their own unique book cover with their name and drawing. These hardcover sketchbooks are the perfect gift for eager artists, and YES I most definitely think you should add them to your Etsy site!
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