A Backpack-Friendly Leather Watercolor Sketchbook Case

The Dark Brown Leather Watercolor Sketchbook Case by Mureli Workshop keeps your sketchbook, brushes, paints, pencils, and art tools together in a structured leather organizer. Ideal for watercolor painting, urban sketching, art classes, and plein air work.

With no shoulder strap and a detachable leather wrist strap, it is easy to carry by hand or pack in a backpack.

A5 & 8.5 x 5.5 Sketchbooks - Portrait Orientation

A vertical leather retaining strip holds the back cover of your sketchbook, so you can open its pages while it remains inside the case. It fits both A5 (148 x 210 mm) and 8.5 x 5.5 inch sketchbooks.

Portrait orientation only: this design does not support landscape sketchbook insertion.

Brush Holders, Paint Pockets & Flexible Open Storage

The interior combines dedicated organization with room for supplies that do not need their own holders:

• Elastic holders: keep compatible watercolor brushes, drawing pencils, fineliners, and similar tools in place.
• Leather pockets: accommodate small paint tubes, erasers, sharpeners, and other compact art accessories.
• Open interior space: lets you add extra supplies freely instead of fitting everything into individual slots.
• Sketchbook holder: keeps an A5 or 8.5 x 5.5 sketchbook ready for drawing.

Think of it as a portable artist's drawer: organize your favorite tools in the pockets and elastic loops, then place additional small supplies in the remaining open space. The setup adapts to your materials, from watercolor painting to mixed-media sketching.

Four-Layer Construction with Premium EVA Padding

This is more than a soft pencil pouch. Its walls use the same four-layer assembly method as Mureli Workshop's original leather cigar cases:

• Genuine dark brown calf leather: a natural leather exterior with a timeless finish.
• Premium EVA foam: adds resilient padding, resists lasting compression, and helps the case retain its shape.
• Leatherboard reinforcement: provides structure and extra protection for the sketchbook and tools inside.
• Genuine calfskin suede: creates a soft, velvety interior lining.

The result is a structured, padded case with a soft interior.

Traditional Hand Saddle-Stitched Craftsmanship

Most seams, especially critical structural connections, are sewn by hand using traditional saddle stitching and thick, durable thread. This technique strengthens key joints and follows Mureli's original assembly method, developed in 2022.

Dimensions, Features & What's Included

• Closed exterior size: 9.45 x 7.09 x 3.15 in (24 x 18 x 8 cm).
• Sketchbook fit: A5 and 8.5 x 5.5 in; portrait orientation only.
• Interior: vertical sketchbook strip, elastic tool holders, leather pockets, and flexible open storage.
• Materials: genuine dark brown calf leather, premium EVA foam, leatherboard, and calfskin suede.
• Closure: perimeter zipper.
• Handle: detachable leather wrist strap included; shoulder strap not included.

Natural leather grain and shade may vary slightly. Only the leather organizer and wrist strap are included. Sketchbooks, brushes, paints, pencils, and other pictured art supplies are not included.

Personalized Gift for Watercolor Artists & Sketchers

Order your case without personalization or add a name, initials, monogram, message, or custom logo. Depending on the artwork and leather, personalization can include laser engraving or hot stamping (debossing). Our designer can prepare a digital proof for approval.

It makes a thoughtful Christmas or birthday gift for anyone who loves drawing, from beginners to experienced artists. We can also personalize cases for art schools, studios, and group orders.

The Original Design Behind Our Artist Shoulder Bags

This wrist-strap case came before our leather artist shoulder bag. The later version added a shoulder strap and a sketchbook pocket that works in both orientations. This original design remains ideal for artists who prefer a compact, backpack-friendly watercolor and art supply organizer.

At Mureli Workshop, we believe that choosing the right leather is just as important as the craftsmanship itself. We carefully select materials according to each product's purpose, design, and intended use.

For personal accessories and luxury leather goods, we often prioritize natural texture, softness, distinctive character, and the way leather develops over time. For hospitality and commercial products, durability, structural stability, and ease of maintenance may be more important. This is why we work with different types of genuine leather, including natural and polymer-coated finishes.

Before production, we inspect and select suitable leather sections based on their strength, flexibility, texture, and appearance.

For individual custom orders and large corporate projects, we can also source specific leather types, colors, thicknesses, and finishes to match your vision and requirements.

As genuine leather is a natural material, slight variations in color and texture may occur, depending on the leather type and finish.

Any personalization shown in the photos in our listings, including logos, names, initials, or text, is provided for demonstration purposes only. By default, we sell our products without personalization. If you would like to add your own logo, name, or text, please leave your request in the Comment field during checkout.

In many cases, we can complete laser engraving directly at the warehouse and ship the order on the same day, so this usually does not affect the dispatch time. If embossing with a metal die is required, the work is completed in our workshop in Ukraine, so delivery usually takes about 9 days instead of 1–3 days for orders shipped from our warehouse in the USA.

If the personalization includes the customer’s logo, our designer first prepares a digital mockup for approval. For wholesale and corporate orders, we also produce the first item from the batch as a sample, approve it separately, and only after the second approval do we proceed with the full production run.

If the order is shipped from Ukraine, we independently pay all customs duties and mandatory charges regardless of the destination country, so the customer does not face additional costs or difficulties when receiving the parcel.