自製水彩筆記本 (Make your own sketchbook)

使用現成水彩畫本最大的問題不外乎幾點，(1) 價格太高(2)張數太少(3)不滿意紙張。自製筆記本的好處除了低成本外，最重要的是能夠使用自己喜歡的紙張，並隨意安排畫作呈現的順序。整本畫完後，還能夠自行更換紙張。現在就趕快來和大家分享昨天製作速寫本的經驗囉~

The shortcomings of using ready-made watercolor sketchbook are : (1) High price (2) Sheets aren't enough (3) Paper doesn't meet our requirement. Therefore, it should be good if we can make our own watercolor sketchbook. There are a lot of advantages, such as cost efficiency, using the papers we are familiar with and be able to arrange the order of works in sketchbook. In this article, I share my experience of making a watercolor sketchbook.

材料準備&成本計算 (Materials & Cost)

用具與材料的成本：

真皮筆記束帶-26元

攜帶型打孔尺-23元

五個卡片圈-11元

棕色薄紙板-11元

黑色厚紙板-12元

義大利水彩紙-15元

Cost of materials:
Elastic- 0.87 USD
Handy hole puncher- 0.77 USD
Five circlips- 0.37 USD
Brown paperboard- 0.37 USD
Black paperboard- 0.4 USD
Italian Watercolor Paper- 0.5 USD

和美術社水彩畫本的成本比較：

現成A5筆記本- 15 頁, 140元

自製筆記本- 15 頁, 108元(第一本), 28元(第二本之後)

Comparison of watercolor sketchbooks:

Ready-made (15 sheets): 5 USD
self-made (15 sheets): 3.6 USD (First), 1 USD (Second)

第一本用完後可以把紙全部換成新的，這樣就不需要再重做筆記本的外皮，如此一來成本可以大幅降低到28元。此外一本其實可以裝到40頁以上，所以張數也比現成的畫本多很多。

After running out of papers, We can replace them with new, which don't need to make new skin of sketchbook. As a result, The cost can drop to 1 USD. Besides, Self-made watercolor sketchbook can contain over 40 sheets, which is much more than ready-made.

紙張選擇 (Choose Papers)

如下圖所示，我選用義大利水彩紙做為筆記本的用紙，除了畫起來容易疊色和混色外，紙的厚度夠厚，作畫時也不容易變形。

I choose Italian Watercolor Paper. It's not only easy to apply skills on paper, but also seldom crinkle during painting because of great thickness.

紙張的大小分兩種，Mold A 為將4開的畫紙裁剪成17X13 cm的大小。Mold B則是將畫紙裁剪成38x13 cm 的長條形，可用於畫長條形的全景。

There are 2 sizes of paper. Mold A is normal size. I cropped one paper into 8 small papers of 17X13 cm. Mold B is strip of 38X13 cm, which can be use to paint the panoramic view of landscape.

筆記本裝訂(Binding)

將畫紙等分打五個洞，然後用卡片圈裝訂。

Punch five holes and use circlips to bind all of papers.

至於長條形的畫紙，則是將畫紙摺疊後再裝訂到畫本內

Fold the strip in half and bound it with other papers(normal size).

將長條形畫紙攤開

Lay out the strip

此外我還將畫本的底板做成摺疊式的，可以墊在長條形畫紙下，方便作畫。

In addition, I padded the strip with a fordable back board.

打開前 fold

打開後 Lay out

最後，筆記本數帶可以用來固定畫本，讓它不會隨意被打開。筆也可以插在束帶上。筆記本的製作到此也就大功告成了!

Finally, elastic can be used to fix the sketch book, and pen can also clip on it. Finally, we can get a perfect self-made watercolor sketchbook.