Talens Art Creation Sketchbook - Golden Yellow - 9 x 14 cm - 140 g - 80 Sheets - Acid-Free Drawing Paper

This is a sturdy little book that carries well with its rounded corners and wipeable cover. The paper is smooth like Hot Pressed and off white cream coloured. The pages have rounded corners too. It’s stitch bound in signatures and opens completely flat (after the outer lining papers which are glued to the first and last signatures). Ideal for ink without bleed-through, I’ve used fountain pen, fine liner and brush pen happily. Watercolour is a bit marginal -the 140gsm paper holds the water on the surface for a while (no texture and I’m guessing surface sized) and buckles quite easily. Once wet, the paper is very fragile and prone to scuffing if overbrushed. That said, at this size (12x12cm) it’s still useable for line and wash if you don’t go overboard with the water. At the price it’s an ideal book for quick sketches and it can tolerate light watercolour washes, wherever those fit into your practice -even if it’s just to get you into a daily sketching habit. Recommended

My third purchase from this brand of sketchbook. and still is the cheapest but best sketchbook I’ve ever bought the paper doesn’t leak with markers unless permanent marker and pencils look amazing on the paper, The paper is sturdy and thicker than normal paper which is also helpful

It's well-made and great for my doodle art. I love the colour, size and paper thickness/texture. No bleed through for fine lines with Uni/Pigma pens, but a bit of bleed through/shadow with thicker pens/brushes. This doesn't bother me enough to fault it, as it's fine once the other page has been doodled on, but it might to others. Oh & alcohol markers will defo bleed through and be a two-for-one image.

Lovely sketchbook for coloured pencils, fine liners and journalling. In my opinion, it's not suitable for watercolour as the paper warps easily and sometimes shows through to the other side of the paper. Go for 200gsm+ if you're after a watercolour sketchbook. This paper is creamy and not white which I like, gives my pages more depth and it takes polychromos pencils so well. I have only removed a star because I just don't find it suitable for watercolour but the descriptions states it is.

Cute wee book. Quite thick pages, easy to take with me.

These are my favourite little sketch books, the paper is very smooth and thin but good quality. They work well to use with posca pens with very little bleed through. lots of pages, great for travel to slot in a pocket or a small bag. The cover on mine is still pristine even after being taken on a lot of journeys. It's really good value.

Having used a range of sketchbooks over the years, some of which never get much beyond the first couple of pages, this is the best I've had for carrying around and general use. Smooth paper, perfect for the super fine ballpoint I like to use but thick enough to take light watercolor washes if required. All the pages open flat, and it's well made too, it feels like it will survive bumping around in a bag. I used moleskine before..lovely but expensive and you feel like you have to be perfect using them. With this pad I don't mind doing daft things and wasting paper, or gluing things in. It's a really lovely little book, and the square 12x12 size is a refreshing change too. I will be getting more!

Handy for popping in a bag with a pencil case