Moleskine Art Watercolor Notebook, Hard Cover, Pocket (3.5" x 5.5") Plain/Blank, Black, 60 Pages

Very nice paper, good quality

These are my favorite sketchbooks! They aren’t cotton paper but the paper is thick and has no bleed through. I have put plenty of water on them and the pages hold their shape and don’t get wrinkly.

I use this for mini collages. It is the perfect size for my needs. The pages are small (about 5.5” tall by 3.5” wide) and sturdy. I’m very happy with it. I’m on my second book of collage art. Highly recommend for this purpose.

Such a joy to write in. The pen glides over the pages and the paper feels good to the touch. No hyperbole here: I used the entire journal for writing and drawing. Need another one.

books arrived with bindings broken in 2 of the 4 books we ordered

I’m bias towards Moleskine watercolor notebooks. I like them for the Pocket size mostly—discrete and portable. I have a dozen completed watercolor sketchbooks in the pocket landscape format. But I know the paper is not the best for tons of water; this is despite the tagline being “Flood each page with colour.” It’s best to flood the pages on the dryer side.One thing in past models—the landscape format of the same notebook—was that they were durable and withstood a lot of manhandling.Here is why -3 Stars: This portrait/traditional Moleskine format version is not as durable. The page binding is splitting. Not the spine of the notebook, but the pages.

This is the first moleskine I've tried and I'm not at all impressed. The photos I left on this review show most of the problems I have with this sketchbook.1. The pages are already falling out. It's only held together with what seems like a really cheap glue. $18 for a tiny sketchbook that's already falling apart after less than two weeks! There's no way to avoid this, by the way, because you have to push the spine to make it lay flat. When I say "push," I mean lightly. I try to be as delicate as possible with my art supplies and it still breaks.2. The first page of the sketchbook is useless because it's glued to the opening/title page (I don't know what it's called). So it's impossible to lay the page down to draw on it. The second photo shows the pages stuck together and the third photo shows how the first watercolor page flips up when the opening page is even lightly held down.3. The fourth photo shows the amount of buckling that happens. It doesn't look too bad, but keep in mind, I always use the strap to close and secure the sketchbook, which should flatten the pages slightly. Also, I've used tape on every page, which eliminates a lot of buckling. So, basically, the photo shows how much the pages are warped in the best possible scenario.I have a different sketchbook that's meant for markers that I prefer it to this moleskine. The fact that this expensive, famous book that's meant for watercolors doesn't even compare is disappointing.

I started using Moleskine pocket journals in 2006. They were sturdy and had good paper. I usually used the sketchbook version. After about 20 of them, they switched papers and the quality went down. I stopped using Moleskine notebooks in about 2015, and used the global art hand-book notebooks instead. When I saw that Moleskine was making their watercolor notebooks in portrait pocket sized, I decided to try them again. I had high hopes. After 10 pages, I see that the glue is breaking on the binding already.They do have threads as well, but the binding is glued every other page ( single sheet signatures), and it isn't holding up at all.I am very disappointed.Moleskine; you lose people like me over quality not price.