Seawhite & Moleskine Watercolour Travel Journal - Sketchbook Comparison & Review

Lets take a look and review the new Seawhite watercolour travel journal, and a side by side comparison with a Moleskine watercolour sketchbook, also a quick watercolour painting demo on the quality of the watercolour paper.

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[ElyseChambers]

I love your voice! It's so smooth and calming. And this review is amazing as well. It's always great when the underdogs perform better than the more mainstream brands :)

[RanggaInoue]

I've been using this Seawhite Watercolour travel Journal since May and I absolutely love it. The quality is really good at an affordable price and the binding is great too. I also bought another one after painting on just a few pages because I was really pleased with it.

[johnd]

Ordered a Seawhite water colour travel sketchbook based on this video. Thank you very much for this presentation.

[GezButterworth]

Just received a Seawhite journal today, not tried it before, great review. Great to find your channel. Best wishes, Geraldine

[jakepeters]

I agree. I like Global Art Handbook and Seawhite watercolour journals equally for paper quality. Seawhite sketchbooks are less costly. I bought 2 after watching your review, medium and large. I’m super happy with them. I agree with you about the dimensions. I also bought a few more, fearing they’ll be unavailable later. Now that I have several and they’re not so “precious”, I’m more inclined to mark that first "clean page". I decided to make A4 my standard. I like using bigger paper and a bigger brush. I feel more confident. Thank you so much for your good advice.

[amysamin]

Thanks for this review, Smoothie! I’ve had my eye on Seawhite for a while, now I am more eager than ever to try this sketchbook.

[LeiliMana]

First of all your art is gorgeous! It's so pleasing to look at (and your voice is also pleasant) And also this is exactly the kind of review I've been looking for, thank you this!

[noxmoonyisadork]

Nice! Glad Seawhite came up with a proper watercolour travel journal. They have a lot of sketchbooks, but nothing like this until now. Pricing is very good as well. Will have to give it a try! I actually bought an Arches cold press spiral travel journal thingy, it's called "Carnet de Voyage". It was only 10 pounds and ofcourse performs great. Can't seem to find it anymore on Amazon UK...bit of a shame really since I loved it. It's a convenient format to have Arches on. I did see Pink Pig make some Bockingford spiral pads, seemed nice. But yes I've yet to see anything of this exact format like a "true" travel journal with really fancy artist grade watercolour paper. I'd totally buy the heck outta them XD Also wow what lovely paintings you've already got there. Very inspiring. Thanks a lot for sharing Smoothie 😊

[gorway]

Well timed review, I have spent the last few days trying to decide on a watercolour travel journal, never had one before and always wanted a Moleskine but I have heard such horror stories regarding the poor quality of the new ones. I have always loved Seawhite products and use their cartridge paper pads and 350gsm watercolour paper, it's good stuff, with the bonus my local town gallery has a concession stand for Seawhite. Will see if I can pick one up tomorrow. Childrens author and illustrator Shoo Rayner is a great adocate of Seawhite and recently started using these journals but his style is more dry brush and I wasn't sure if they would stand up to my more heavy handed style.

[SarahNotSara]

Just discovered your channel and wow...your artwork is breathtakingly beautiful. Really like your style! Thanks for the video...was looking for feedback on the seawhite.

[TheArtGearGuide]

I can’t for the life of me find a Moleskin A5 watercolor pad anywhere in Durham, Newcastle or Sunderland and I know I can get it online but you can buy almost every other Moleskin watercolor in the shops. But I love the look of this new watercolor journal you are showing Jon mate, I’ll have to order one mate and see what it’s like, I’ll use your amazon links mate. Another outstanding video mate and your work in the journal is superb. Hope you are keeping well mate and talk soon.

[gorway]

Well... just popped into the gallery (Walsall) this morning and picked up the A6 Watercolour Journal to try out - I wanted something I could fit in my pocket and carry with me. The quality of the of the paper I was well familiar with, I've used it for many years - but this paper feels slightly higher quality in the sketchbook now. I have just been comparing it to some loose sheets of 220gsm I still have. The texture is really nice on this new stuff, on the smoother side of CP/NOT but almost identical now on both sides. Can't wait to try it.

[bradfordyorks]

At 9.43: "....a bit on the smooth side, but I kind of like So do I, Mr Smoothie, so do I!

[rebeccapage]

Thanks for the review and all the links. Wish listed this one.

[realSTYLISHx]

I’ve noticed some reviews trickling in for moleskins saying that the quality has gone down, which has put me off.
My last sketchbook was an arteza watercolour and that’s breaking up at the bind.
ETCHR looked interesting, but there’s a lack of stock in the uk, and I don’t fancy importing as it will probably get damaged on the way.
I’ve used a spiral bound seawhite in the past and I was surprised by the sturdy feel to it, thanks for the review I’m going to go back to seawhite, this ticks all the boxes.
Thanks for your opinion, and brilliant art.

[mwmingram]

I just bought a Seawhite A4 book to replace my usual Daler Rowney Ebony and Ivory books. The paper lovely and white and smooth.

[GregorysMode]

Superb Smoothie 77 as always love your vids always. I bought the seawhite sketchbook Im also enjoying it.

[MsVanorak]

An online shop company called Artway (UK based either Gloucs or Wilts) stock a lot of Seawhite stuff and the last time I looked their prices were better than Jackson's and Amazon.

[mindfulnessman]

Great.
What is the tape you’re using please?

[jakepeters]

The Seawhite watercolour journals have the same proportion as the 20x30” canvas size I was taught to paint on at art school.