This is a view of the sketchbook as it arrives.

Open it slightly

Complete opening the front cover

Open the inner dividers to the section with paper (either installed already, or see instructions below)

Continue opening the divider page to the working page.

Lift the hinged page.  Turn the page you've finished drawing on slightly

Turn the page you've finished with completely so it is now behind the hinged page with your supplies on it.

Now you can draw on the next sheet you wish to work on.

To prepare your supplies, remove the small strip of loop velcro that is sticking to the wider band that is affixed to the sketchbook.

Measure around the object you are intending to attach with the piece of velcro.

Cut the velcro at the desired length

After cutting the desired length, peel the back off the velcro to reveal the adhesive.  Do not remove adhesive backing from the rest of the velcro you do not intend to use immediately.

Adhere velcro to the object

Now the object can be stuck to the wide velcro strip in the sketchbook.

Some of our other items come with velcro already attached, like the altoids tin and the watercolor set. 

These attach to the wide velcro strip in the same manner.  Please note when deciding on what supplies to store in the sketchbook, each item needs to be small enough that it would normally fit completely inside of your back jeans pocket (about 3/4" thick and 4"x5").  Much larger than this and the system might not close correctly.

To close the sketchbook up for the day, move the hinged page with the supplies out of the way.

Then turn the pages you have finished with back with the other paper.

Then turn the hinged page to the other side of the divider. 

When closed like this, the supplies stay out of contact with the paper when not in use. 

Then you can close the front cover and you're done!

When you are ready to work again, return the sketchbook to its operating position. Return to the page you want to work on, while turning the finished pages underneath the hinged page.

And you are ready to go!

To refill with new paper, take your paper which has been prepunched and your rollabind system, opened to the operating page, with the hinged page fully opened and out of your way.

Start at the top, and gently push or "pop" the paper around the first disc.  This needs to be done somewhat delicately, and varies some with the type of paper you are installing.  For the heavy watercolor paper, you may want to only do one or two sheets at a time. Too many and they won't go on the discs without a lot of effort, which may damage the paper.

Gently pop the paper on one disc at a time, while holding the paper straight from the bottom.  The Strathmore is the most crisp and the easiest to put in without damaging the paper.  It can be put in 3-6 sheets at a time. The Neenah also goes in very easily, about 10 sheets at a time are best.  Too few sheets, the paper may not go in as easily because it isn't as rigid as it is with more sheets.

Some paper, like the Canson, is much softer, less crisp than other papers, so it must be handled with more attention.  Gently pop the paper onto the first disc, while holding the "flanges" near the punch to prevent the paper from bending too much upon insertion.  Try it without supporting the paper and you will see where the weakness in the paper is.  This is where you will want to support it. 

Gently pop the paper into place over each disc, supporting the paper only as much as that paper type needs.  The Canson paper needs this special attention at each disc, whereas the other papers don't.

When you are ready to remove a piece of paper completely, it actually does the least damage to the paper to swiftly pull it off the discs, starting at the top.  Pull it down, towards you, so that it is only leaving one disc at a time, but fairly quickly, almost like you are tearing the sheet out.  If you try to pull the paper out any other angle, it will not release from the discs.  Check out www.rollabind.com/imagenes/rollabind.swf for a brief clip of this action.