Books & Art Journals

Summer is the perfect time to get outside for some Plein Air painting. This pastime is a wonderful way to improve your studio skills while enjoying the great outdoors. Here’s a few tips to get you started in your own Plein Air practice.

Book #8 of our Pass the Journal project is finished! It traveled through the US, England & Ireland, with each page filled by a different artist!

One of our Pass the Journal books made its way to Brazil! See the artwork & learn more about the 12 books being filled by different artists across the globe.

Our Visual Journals deliver high-performing papers and heavy-duty features engineered to meet the intense demands of your creative process.

Our new 400 Series Toned Mixed Media paper is now available in both Hardbound and Softcover Art Journals!

We are excited to introduce our new Metallic Sketch Journals! Available in both brushed silver and hammered copper finishes. 

Our Pass the Journal project is in full swing and artists from around the globe are filling the pages of 12 special Art Journals!

Here's how the project works

Having the right tools for Urban Sketching can help enrich the experience and make it even more fun. Check out our list of top Urban Sketching supplies.

Read our interview with Teoh Yi Chie; a talented artist, urban sketcher, and blogger in Singapore. See his amazing on-site watercolor sketches.

We are excited to announce that Pass the Journal has officially begun! We sent our Mixed Media Art Journals to 12 different artists and gave them a task:

Book 6, Shelburne, of our Pass the Journal project is finished! Artists in Spain & the USA united to fill this book with their own unique artistic voices. 

We're celebrating 2 years of our collaborative art project, Pass the Journal!

There is a certain charm and significance that digital communication can’t match given the extra effort it takes to put pen to paper. In this digital age who doesn’t love getting a real letter or seeing characters artfully formed on a page? It carries with it a special fondness, authenticity, and aspect of nostalgia.

written by Artist Angela Staehling:

I am thrilled to be creating this new line of imagery with the Strathmore 500 Series Mixed Media Art Journals. This collection of journal entries captures a different painting every day. As part of a larger 365 Project, I decided to categorize each month to reflect a different theme based on nature.

We're celebrating 1 year of Pass the Journal! Last April we sent 12 Strathmore Art Journals to artists throughout the US, the UK and Spain to be filled by different artists around the globe.

Thinking about getting out there and doing some urban sketching?  Read our list of essentials to make it a breeze.

Shayda Campbell's Joyful Watercolor Workshop is now open and it's completely FREE to watch and paint along!

Read our interview with Jordan Clark - a mixed media artist who will be teaching our free upcoming Art Journaling 101 workshop.

Do you have an artist in your life that you're shopping for?  Look no further than our gift guide - we've got it all covered.

Jordan Clark's workshop is now open and it's completely FREE to watch and journal along!

Join Jane as she shows you how to fill the pages of your sketchbook while focusing on 4 subjects: botanicals, landscapes, animals, and portraits.