SoHo Urban Artist Brick Sketchbook Journals for Sketching, Drawing, Colored Pencils, Graphite, and More - Mixed Media 5.5"x5.5" (200 GSM, 40 Sheets)

I love these little hot pink sketchbooks. Every morning I use yesterday's leftover scraps of painted collage paper to start a collage spread in the sketchbook. When there's leftover paint, I skip ahead and color a few pages to work on later. The book lies beautifully flat to make working across a spread very comfortable. The paper is nice, takes glues and wet media well, buckles a little if really wet. The binding holds up well in spite of all the additional layers of paper I add. The elastic band is very handy for keeping the sketchbook closed.

Love it. Not really the color of a paper sack like usual kraft paper, but more yellowish-greenish like the cover. I love Soho products. Paper is smooth and loves acrylic markers and many mark making tools. Book opens nice and flat. Nice size.

I got the very small one for my 8 year for her first Inktober that she finished. It was the perfect size to give her confidence working with technical pens.I got the larger ones for me. I used one for my practice drawings/pen and ink. I was so pleased I bought another one. The first one had indentations on the cover like many things had been laid upon for a long time. The 2nd one was fine. The covers are near impossible to draw on. I used stickers to label them. I used my 2nd one for Inktober 2024. I love that it lays flat for a double page spread. It was 80 pages and I almost filled it up due to the double pages. I got the mixed media paper. Ink did not bleed through but markers do.

The media could not be loaded. This is the perfect size for what I want it for and had the binding that prefer for my notebooks. I like the color too. I’m kinda annoyed that it came already scratched and scuffed. I understand things can get damaged in transport but this came shrink wrapped, and has scratches that look like they’re from a pen tip. The shrink wrapped was perfectly contact. The cover also has marks from the band that keeps it closed so I’m worried it’ll generally get beat up easily.The paper is thick and it seems good quality. The binding seems good too. The appreciate the spine is lightly sealed with a glue, likely PVA. I haven’t used it yet, but I expect it’ll take paint, and watercolor well.

This is a perfect sketch book for any medium. I haven't had any bleed through so you can work on both sides if you want.

My grand daughter loved it!!

This is the perfect journal for my small art inspo. I love the square size and the feel and workability of the paper is perfect for acrylic paint and mixed media!

I love the gray tone, BUT this is not multi media paper and my book is already falling apart after 3 drawings. I will give this company another try though.