Most urban sketchers use watercolours to add colour to their sketches. As such, in this article, I am solely going to discuss watercolour sketchbooks for urban sketching<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n Using the best watercolour paper you can afford is essential. When you\u2019re starting out, this can be an expensive and overwhelming prospect. Many brands now make affordable sketchbooks with decent watercolour paper designed for people who want to sketch and paint on the go. They have caught on to the urban sketching movement and the need for decent quality and affordability. 13 x 21cm, 200gsm, 72 pages, landscape, approx \u00a312, Amazon<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n This is the first sketchbook I chose when I started urban sketching. The paper is 200 gsm and cold-pressed, which means it has a bit of texture to it but it\u2019s not so textured that you can\u2019t draw properly on it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n I have always used the \u2018large\u2019 size<\/strong><\/a> which confusingly is not the largest size available. It is 13 x 21 cm, which is roughly A5-sized and has a landscape orientation which is great for drawing wide scenes across two pages. Moleskine watercolour albums are now also available in portrait<\/strong><\/a> orientation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This sketchbook is perfect to start off with. It\u2019s one of the most affordable sketchbooks and handles light watercolour well enough. The paper will struggle if you try to apply too many layers or do too much wet-in-wet painting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This sketchbook is available in \u2018pocket\u2019 (A6), \u2018large\u2019 (A5), A4 and even A3 size!<\/p>\n\n\n\nWatercolour Sketchbooks<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n
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