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the Version 3 of the Rhodia Webnotebook is rolling out to almost unanimous delight for those using fountain pens, and almost any other kind of pen. I tried it out with a variety of pencils, markers, and crayons as well - here's the bottom line:

 

Because this was a blank version, I wanted to test it for potential as an illustrated journal, and see what kind of media would work well in it

... all in all - unless you really, really want to use colored pencil - this would be a great notebook to use as an illustrated journal, or any kind of journal or project book. The pocket in the back is perfect for collecting ephemera or reference pictures or anything you might want to paste into the pages (fortunes from cookies? ticket stubs?) and the paper works beautifully with all sorts of pen, ink, and light watercolor washes - you wouldn't expect to do true watercolor techniques on this type of paper, but you can certainly add a splash of colour.

 

But of course, where it really excels is in pen and ink, even very wet pens - here in PR Arabian rose in a .8mm stub:

 

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More deets, a ton of pictures, and another chance to win a webbie, if you haven't won one yet are here at my blog:

 

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[Conz]

Wonderful handwriting, lovely verse.

[limesally]

Wonderful handwriting, lovely verse.

 

Thanks! This poet is new to me - the verse is from Nikos Gatsos, and I ran across it through the blog of Diana Gilliland Wright, a historian who blogs at Surprised by Time - I am not sufficiently erudite to have known this verse on my own The entire poem, Amorgos, is magical. I may continue to use it for handwriting practice.