Hand-bound Sketchbook

The cover.

So in two weeks my nephew is having a birthday... He's turning six, so I figured it was time to get him actively engaged in various art forms. I'm starting with drawing.

Following a lovely tutorial I found on dA here, I bound a sketchbook for him and covered it in denim. After playing around with sharpie and rubbing alcohol, I finished it up and threw in a pack of roseart crayons.

Here is the side view of the book.

Seeing as my nephew loves nascar, I made a gift tag, as demonstrated in this tutorial, with nascar pictures. I wrapped the package in brown paper and tied it up with string. I can't wait to give it to him!

Here is what the opening and ending pages look like, I "collaged" some magazine bits.