Drum leaf books 3, 4, and 5

I'm done with drum leaf binding for a while. I think. 

I was able to use up random sheets of paper and chunks of bookboard. Out of five books, books 2 (from previous post) and 5 would get a grade of A, book 4 a B, and books 1 (from previous post) and 3 a C. 

Book 3 is one of the C grade books it's the one with the map cover and orange spine. The spine is slanted because of my glueing technique and I didn't seat the book block exactly at the spine edge of the boards. I love the cover and of course the exuberant orange spine. Paper inside Rives BFK and endsheet is Canson paper in color celery, my favorite endsheet color. A person looking through my handbound books would see mostly orange spines and celery endsheets. Orange and celery -- could be a salad. . .

Book 4 is a B grade. It's the red cover with fish and the black spine. I matched up a fish that I cut in the middle on the front and back covers. Endsheets are sunny yellow. I wasn't as careful and I could have been with my pencil marks because they show in some places and my cutting was wonky in a few places. Overall it's good. Black spine. How will I ever use up the black bookcloth? I don't like the black; in a spine it's okay but not overall. Inside paper is Fabriano Artistico cold press. 

Book 5 is a good. It took 5 practices to get the steps right. It's the small book with the beige cover and green spine. Endsheets are old sheet music. Inside paper is Fabriano Artistico rough. 

Next steps:

1. Use the books with the watercolor paper to see how it holds up. 

2. Find some old watercolors and bind them into a book.