Experimenting with Art Supplies in Handmade Journals and Sketchbooks
We receive a lot of questions about the things we make - one of the most common is what art supplies can be used in our Journals and Sketchbooks! We decided to make a little video to respond to this question and share some of my favorite supplies.
In this video, I am using our Orra Portrait Sketchbook (which fits nicely into our Sendak!). We use Strathmore Drawing Paper in all of our journals and sketchbooks, which we find to be very versatile.
Here are some of my favourite drawing and painting supplies to make marks with...
1. Koh-I-Noor Pencils
2. Pentel Mechanical Pencil
3. Sennelier Oil Pastels
4. Sennelier Water Soluble Pastels
5. Prismacolor Coloured Pencils
6. Handmade Watercolors
7. Caran d'Ache Neocolour
8. Vintage Dip Pen (on www.etsy.com)
9. Vintage Rapidograph Pen (on www.etsy.com)
10. Noodler's Ink
11. Princeton Artist Brush Co.
Our Orra Sketchbooks!
Our Orra Sketchbooks are thin handbound books that are ideal companions for small projects and daily excursions. They are named for Orra White Hitchcock, a 19th century botanical, geologic, and zoological artist, an illustrator to whom no detail was too small to be recorded in her art. These versatile sketchbooks are made from high quality Strathmore drawing paper, Legion cover stock, and handstitched with linen.
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We have been compiling the most frequently asked questions about waxed canvas.
Truffle, Old Truffle (used!*), Hickory, Spice, Spice (lightly used)
*our first Sendak! I’ve been using it since 2016All About Our Canvas and Colours!
Waxed Canvas is a cotton canvas with wax embedded into the fibers. The wax darkens the colour of the textile, and makes it water resistant, giving it protection from the elements. It also shows marks of use, giving it the charming rugged look that we were drawn to fifteen years ago when we started Peg and Awl, and continue to love as we use it throughout the years!
We have been compiling the most frequently asked questions about waxed canvas. We’ve included photographs to illustrate our answers, especially with colour!
What Are The Marks On My Bag?
Waxed canvas looks cozy and worn in from the start, because of the crazing – the creases and marks – that show up with use. Some colours are craze-ier than others! The Coal is the least mark prone, and shows the most dust and pet hair in the beginning, but with use, as with all the colours, the wax works its way into the cotton fibers, protecting it from the elements, including pet hair.
Can You Make a Sendak In _____?
We use two different canvas weights – one for the Sendak and another for our Bags. The Sendak canvas is thinner and lighter because of all of the layers and intricacies of the artist roll. Some limited colours are only available in one weight. This is why we may introduce a colour in Bags that we don’t offer in Sendaks, and vice versa.
Why is this Canvas Softer that the Others?
Most of our canvas comes from Fairfield Textile, and the waxiness is fairly consistent, but we love finding new colours and new manufacturers, so there can be variation in the canvases. Sweetshrub, Radish, and Rook are all a little softer and waxier than the others at first, but again, all wax works its way into the fibers with use.
Why Is The Colour Different?
The wax reflects lighting differently so the range of tone in the photographs reflects the range of tone you may perceive in life. The colours may vary slightly from batch to batch because they are hand dyed. The wax will fade with use and the colour of the bag will lighten and evolve. We love all of this. Your bags will change through use, giving each one a one-of-a-kind patina with the stories and marks from your life!
Cool: Fog, Slate, Coal
Colour Comparison
Warm: Truffle, Spice, Hickory
Colour Comparison
Waxed Canvas Swatch Books!
We use two different canvas weights for our Sendaks and Bags. The Sendak canvas is thinner and lighter. The colours vary between the weights, and sometimes we cannot find the same colour in both, and sometimes, the 'same' colour isn’t the same at all — as in the case of Sweetshrub (Sendak) and Sumac (Bags). They are close, but the canvas weight and wax makes the colour different enough that we decided to give them different names.
Bag Canvas
Classic Colours
Bag Canvas
Small Batch Colours
Sendak Canvas
Classic Colours
Sendak Canvas
Classic Colours
Sumac (Left) and Sweetshrub (Right)
Colour Comparison
Our Leather
We use black and brown vegetable-tanned leather from Wickett and Craig for our bags and Sendaks. Fog and All Black are paired with black leather and all other colours are paired with brown leather.
We can do any leather and canvas combination that you wish! Just email us or write your request in your order notes. Please note, these are considered special orders and are not returnable.
All About Our Canvas and Colours!
Truffle, Old Truffle (used!*), Hickory, Spice, Spice (lightly us...
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*our first Sendak! I’ve been using it since 2016 |
All About Our Canvas and Colours!
Waxed Canvas is a cotton canvas with wax embedded into the fibers. The wax darkens the colour of the textile, and makes it water resistant, giving it protection from the elements. It also shows marks of use, giving it the charming rugged look that we were drawn to fifteen years ago when we started Peg and Awl, and continue to love as we use it throughout the years!
We have been compiling the most frequently asked questions about waxed canvas. We’ve included photographs to illustrate our answers, especially with colour!
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What Are The Marks On My Bag? Waxed canvas looks cozy and worn in from the start, because of the crazing – the creases and marks – that show up with use. Some colours are craze-ier than others! The Coal is the least mark prone, and shows the most dust and pet hair in the beginning, but with use, as with all the colours, the wax works its way into the cotton fibers, protecting it from the elements, including pet hair. |
Can You Make a Sendak In _____? We use two different canvas weights – one for the Sendak and another for our Bags. The Sendak canvas is thinner and lighter because of all of the layers and intricacies of the artist roll. Some limited colours are only available in one weight. This is why we may introduce a colour in Bags that we don’t offer in Sendaks, and vice versa. |
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Why is this Canvas Softer that the Others? Most of our canvas comes from Fairfield Textile, and the waxiness is fairly consistent, but we love finding new colours and new manufacturers, so there can be variation in the canvases. Sweetshrub, Radish, and Rook are all a little softer and waxier than the others at first, but again, all wax works its way into the fibers with use. |
Why Is The Colour Different? The wax reflects lighting differently so the range of tone in the photographs reflects the range of tone you may perceive in life. The colours may vary slightly from batch to batch because they are hand dyed. The wax will fade with use and the colour of the bag will lighten and evolve. We love all of this. Your bags will change through use, giving each one a one-of-a-kind patina with the stories and marks from your life! |
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Cool: Fog, Slate, Coal Colour Comparison |
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Warm: Truffle, Spice, Hickory
Colour Comparison |
Waxed Canvas Swatch Books!
We use two different canvas weights for our Sendaks and Bags. The Sendak canvas is thinner and lighter. The colours vary between the weights, and sometimes we cannot find the same colour in both, and sometimes, the 'same' colour isn’t the same at all — as in the case of Sweetshrub (Sendak) and Sumac (Bags). They are close, but the canvas weight and wax makes the colour different enough that we decided to give them different names.
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Bag Canvas Classic Colours |
Bag Canvas Small Batch Colours |
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Sendak Canvas
Classic Colours |
Sendak Canvas
Classic Colours |
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Sumac (Left) and Sweetshrub (Right)
Colour Comparison |
Our Leather
We use black and brown vegetable-tanned leather from Wickett and Craig for our bags and Sendaks. Fog and All Black are paired with black leather and all other colours are paired with brown leather.
We can do any leather and canvas combination that you wish! Just email us or write your request in your order notes. Please note, these are considered special orders and are not returnable.
All About Our Canvas and Colours!
Truffle, Old Truffle (used!*), Hickory, Spice, Spice (lightly us...
Read The Post
Comments
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August 18, 2021I love ❤️ everything about the originality of Peg and Awl…loved the demonstration of the journal…sketchbook…the music so right for and creative mind!
I think the artist toll for everything one might need on the go…I bought the small one however I must have the large one…I am off to Iceland in the near future…Peg and Awl will be with me…thank you
Alyson Waite
January 19, 2021Love this video and the music!!