I wanted a newsprint sketchbook so I could just do loose sketches without caring about wasting good paper. Except it turns out that newsprint sketchbooks are stupid expensive $20+ for large pads.

So I grabbed 50 sheets of 15x22 inch packing paper from Walmart for $5, sons scrap cedar plywood and some twine and made one. It sucks. It works. Minimum viable and all that.

But I had to test it. Nothing says "let’s be prepared to ti throw this away by drawing a symmetrical subject with a brush pen.

My wife says she is going to color it.

  • GrantUsEyes@lemmy.zipEnglish
    2·
    6 days ago

    Oofff that’s a great sketch! Sometimes some very cool things happen when there is no fear of wasting materials, some of my best drawings have occured on and with the shittiest stuff. Happy sketching

  • leoj@piefed.socialEnglish
    2·
    6 days ago

    that is super bad ass, drawing and art supplies in general have gotten absurdly expensive.

    • FauxPseudo @lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      3·
      6 days ago

      Back when I was in art school art supplies were expensive. And then the internet happened. And our supplies got really cheap. But now they’re expensive again. I’d love to collect some data and see what the inflation adjusted cost of various art supplies as done over the last 35 years.