A pocket-size envelope holding a hand-cut piece of every paper we make — cream 120 gsm sketch stock, hot-press watercolor, cold-press watercolor, and mixed-media. Put your own pen, brush, and ink to it before you commit to a book. The $6 comes back to you as store credit the moment you place your first order.
Buying a sketchbook you've never touched is a gamble. So we took the gamble off your side of the table.
It ships flat in a stamped envelope — no box, no waiting on freight. Most arrive within a week.
Your pens, your inks, your wash. Watch how cream stock holds a fountain-pen line and how the watercolor sheets take a flood.
Your first order is automatically credited $6. The test costs you nothing if you buy. If you don't, you're out a coffee.
The paper in every Leda sketchbook. Warm cream tone, acid-free, built for fountain pen, pencil, and light wash.
Smooth surface for detail, line-and-wash, and botanical work. Takes ink crisply and lifts cleanly.
Classic toothy watercolor surface. Holds a wet wash, granulates beautifully, forgives a heavy hand.
The all-rounder — marker, gouache, collage, and ink. Less absorbent than watercolor stock, more robust than sketch.
Tested the cream against my Hahnemühle and Moleskine on the same desk. The Leda held my fountain-pen ink with no ghosting. Reordered a 3-pack the next day.
Smart program. Six dollars to know exactly what I'm buying, and it came right back as credit. More brands should do this.
