Pushing the Paper

A few weeks ago I was given a sketchbook by the Stillman&Birn company rep with instructions to do my best and worst to it. These books are awesome. Genuinely, some of the best drawing paper I've used in one hell of a durable book. I put it through the paces with a barrage of media: acrylics, ink, gouache, charcoal, pen, wet into wet, wet over dry, dry into wet, all of it. Ultimately I logged about sixteen drawings before passing it back for use as a display. But not before scanning the results: