Isn't it interesting that as producing art communities and art museums continue to struggle to maintain a profile in our country, the visual gratification aspect of work completed by students has migrated from aesthetic to electronic?
I have done very little to explore the wide range of paper choices in the scrapbooking world. The smallest of the curved pages above is an example of one of these "snazzy" choices. It appears that buying these varieties a sheet at a time is very costly, but finding a bound collection with many desirable choices (especially if it is on sale, or with a good coupon,) put their use in the ballpark. I tend to prefer patterns next to a non-patterned, color coordinated neighbor, but know that often the paper collections are often highly patterned and grouped in like color groups. I have invested very little time exploring these choices, but know they exist for those interested.
The combination of the drink print and the green bubble paper (both unique and hand made,) are about as far as I go for pattern combining.
I am returning to my graph paper thoughts from yesterday. A couple of years ago I discovered small, more portable versions of graph paper. Rhodia produces several different sizes/shapes of graph paper tablets. I love the 3" X 8" tablet for lists and refridgerater notes. Post it has a functional 4" X 5" sticky note version with aqua lines on white paper, and the Moleskin line includes grid, plain and lined versions of stitched-bound note books in several different sizes.
The actual quality of all of these products is about the same. Although Moleskin has been sited by some highly creative sketchers, I fail to see any distinction between Moleskin, Post-It, and Rhodia. The disadvantage of Moleskin is the rounded corners, the advantage of Post-It is the adhesive, and the positive attributes that make Rhodia appealing include unusual sizes and perforated tear lines.
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