Ideas for creating a "swatch book"?

[MAChostage]

Like many of us here, I have a ton of shadows and piggies/piggie samples. I was just thinking how great it would be if I had a "swatch book" of sorts, where there is a good swatch of each color right at my fingertips. This would help me tremendously in knowing exactly what I have to work with and in putting together various combos.

So my question is, has anyone done anything similar already and, if so, please share what you did! I'm not sure if plain, white bond paper (like printer paper) would hold and show a good swatch, and I'm not quite sure what else I'd use. I'm open to any and all suggestions.

 

[lyttleravyn]

Ooooh awesome idea!

I haven't done anything, but would watercolor paper, similar to MAC face chart paper, work better than regular printer paper? I haven't tried to do a face chart or anything on that kind of paper, but maybe I could cut smaller square/pages and make a little book

 

[MAChostage]

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Originally Posted by lyttleravyn Ooooh awesome idea! I haven't done anything, but would watercolor paper, similar to MAC face chart paper, work better than regular printer paper? I haven't tried to do a face chart or anything on that kind of paper, but maybe I could cut smaller square/pages and make a little book

Watercolor paper, yeah! I'll consider that one, thanks!

 

[timepiece]

Buy a watercolor sketchbook, so it can be quick and handy.