SKETCHBOOKS:

Don't get me wrong... I have nothing against sketchbooks. I love them I horde them I have several banker's boxes of ones that are full and several that are empty, My deal with Arts Materials DONT SELL ME PAPER! ( I need to use the paper I own first). I am a member of the Design Communications Association, it is a group of educators and authors whose concern it is to foster design graphics, I also follow several online groups:
"EVERYDAY MATTERS"
a group started by danny gregory dedicated to sketching and journaling the traditional way ... http://dannygregory.com/

"URBAN SKETCHERS"
dedicated to fostering the art of on-location drawing ...
http://www.urbansketchers.org/

"MOLESKINERIE"
lauding the consumption of the famous Moleskine  line of products for visual and verbal expression...
http://www.moleskinerie.com/

"ROZ STENDAHL"
an amazing individual from the Twin Cities who Sketches up a storm ...
http://rozwoundup.typepad.com/roz_wound_up/sketching/

I hope the thing you notice here is that i websites and  blogs enable the great work of these individuals and groups to be seen by all of us...  it is a fusion deal between traditional and digital means that makes this work. These folks are expressing them selves traditionally and instead of keeping their work to them selves, they are sharing it digitally.  Ok, you can't touch and smell it but you can see a approximation of it and what I've see is great!