{"product_id":"304-mini-watercolor-journal-cold-press","title":"#304 Mini Watercolor Journal, Cold Press","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA tiny version of our best-seller\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLike our \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.stlartsupply.com\/products\/302-watercolor-journal-cold-press\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e#302 Watercolor Journal\u003c\/a\u003e, which we first offered in 2020, this is a spiral watercolor notebook with an extra-heavy-gauge coil binding and a wraparound paper cover that's bound into both sides of the spine. But the #304 is a much smaller version, with business-card-sized pages (2.25\" x 3.5\") that are perfect for color studies, swatches, and thumbnails.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 24 pages of heavy (140#) watercolor paper, plus the two soft paper covers together, provide a solid surface when you're working without a table. You can even work while standing up, e.g. at the art museum, making quick sketches to watercolor later.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCold press paper that handles all media\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe use a European-milled, strongly-textured, 140# cold press watercolor paper for this notebook. We've chosen the specific paper stock intentionally: it is firmer and more heavily surface-sized than other 140# watercolor paper we've tested, which means that our Watercolor Journal can accept fountain pens, metal dip pens, pigment pens, and any other drawing medium you can think of.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNaturally, you're going to \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.stlartsupply.com\/collections\/tonic-watercolor\"\u003ewatercolor\u003c\/a\u003e in this book, but if we could recommend one other medium to try with it: our \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.stlartsupply.com\/collections\/optimist-mixable-color\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eOptimist Pigment Ink\u003c\/a\u003e, which dries waterproof and can be layered with watercolor. (We also use Optimist to write the model number on the back cover of each Watercolor Journal.)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt's nice to know that the paper in this book is made from 100% FSC\/PEFC-certified wood, which comes from sustainably managed forests where 3-4 trees are replanted for each tree harvested. The sizing used in this paper is vegan, unlike the traditional gelatin sizing used by some manufacturers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe specs\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach #304 Mini Watercolor Journal has 24 sheets of 140# (300 gsm) cold-press paper, milled in Europe and bound in St. Louis. The sheet size is 2.25\" x 3.5\", including the hole-punched area.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe cover is 100# paper in deep blue (cover paper milled in Michigan). The solid metal spiral coil is 5\/8\" diameter and .062\" (1.6 mm) thickness. A box is included, and each notebook is wrapped in tissue before boxing to protect its edges in transit. Each notebook is hand-stamped on the bottom back cover, with the Federal Color model number written in white Optimist Ink.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Federal Color","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48040709947650,"sku":"785366205121","price":11.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2228\/7429\/files\/304boxpow.jpg?v=1782321669","url":"https:\/\/shop.stlartsupply.com\/en-ca\/products\/304-mini-watercolor-journal-cold-press","provider":"St. Louis Art Supply","version":"1.0","type":"link"}