Strathmore 400 Toned 118gsm Paper Spiral Bound Sketchpad, Fine Grain, 9 x 12 in, 50 Sheets, Ideal for Professionals & Students

For all my fellow artitst this is a very good sketchbook, I did two tests on this paper to test how good it was, prismatic colours work very well with this paper, very smooth, with no pen bleeds to the page behind it. The paper itself is also very smooth so pencil sketches are effortless, and rubbing it out is like BUTTER, NO paper excess. And it's thick so the paper won't fall out, this size specifically is A4. 10 inches wide , 12 inches tall.

I am not ready to use this product yet so I will write a review on my use of it at a later date.In the meantime, I will say that my pad arrived well-packed and in perfect condition, with no bent corners, etc.The colour is very much to my liking - a nice soft mid. grey.

Ordered this after watching a youtube vid of someone using it.I have tried tracking this paper down in the UK but could only find one supplier and they only sell books with 25 sheets for about the same price as I purchased this book of 50 sheets for.!!Its not 100% clear on the Item page that this is coming from the USA, but the 3 week wait was worth it.The paper is a very nice mid grey and comes in a very sturdy spiral bound pad. Each page is perforated for easy removal is needed.For my needs the paper is great, its not super smooth but there is not as much texture as I was expecting. As a comparison its about the same as a Daler Rowney hard back sketch journal if you want to check one out at your local art shop.I have done a few sketches today to test the paper and it stands up well. I mainly use B to 6B pencils then use a Fabber Polychrome white pencil to add high light.. I have all so used some Touch and promarker art pens as a test and was surprised to find that the pens don't appear to bleed, but of course you have to take into account the colours look dull on the grey paper, but there good as base colours for using coloured pencil on top.Over all im very pleased with this purchase even with the wait, although the expected delivery date was set as the 2nd November it arrived today 21st October. Whether that will be the case next time I don't know ? But I will be ordering another pad this size and the bigger size too.

Brought this item to test how it holds up against daler rowney cachet sketch books. Not bad, but I still prefer the cachet. I find this paper holds up well for pastels, but I can't layer coloured pencils as effectively as I'm used to. In the end I bought my preferred book off eBay for quite a lot of money.Also I found that sometimes the perforated edge just wasn't quite perforated enough.Pretty good books though.

Was part of my artist son’s Christmas presents. Always good quality. Fast delivery.

Easy drawing. Lovely and easy to work with.

quick delivery as expected undamaged, good value for money although the pages are a bit on the thin side, not try the book as yet so will do another review when I use it!

Very good paper and it holds layers very well