Strathmore483-7 Softcover Watercolor Art Journal, 7.75" x 9.75", White, 24 Sheets

This paper is high quality 100% cotton paper with a great surface for sketching and colour pencil use. Highly recommended!

I purchased this when it was listed at 50% off for $17.95. It appeared good quality when it arrived, and having painted in it now, I can confirm that the paper is great quality for water color. Looking forward to filling up this journal, and I really hope the great price stays.

Good quality and bends nice when you get to the last pages. It’s not copic marker proof to where it doesn’t bleed through the page but it won’t go on to the next page. I was able to do watercolor pretty good too!

Why did you pick this product vs nice size and heavy paper weight. I am not a fan of how it handles watercolor but will use for gouache and acrylic gouache. The milling leaves a patterned design throughout paper. Disappointed that I will not be using this for traditional watercolor as I had hoped too.

I just finished a Sketchbook class, and this Sketchbook worked wonderfully through wet on dry techniques, pen and ink, markers and Wet on Wet Watercolor. The pages are thick, quality paper and the book was fairly stiff, which I wanted. When I opened the pages pressed down, they stayed nicely put, the outside edges needed a clip, but when clipped, stayed open nicely, no problem at all. Great quality, and easy to work with.

The media could not be loaded. I love this book (mixed media). It's great, especially for my fellow heavy handed folks. Graphite doesn't smear from page to page, paper doesn't ingrave marks from pressure.Its softbound so it has grip and doesn't slide around my workspace like hardbound covers. It does gain small indents and creases over time but its not significat or damaging. It holds up very well and does not fall apart like other sketchbooks I've owned.The paper is off-white with a tiny bit of texture. It is GREAT and holds up very well to various mediums. I've used mod podge, graphite, charcoal, watercolor, ink, duct tape, alcohol markers, and other mediums in this sketchbook and the paper provided a great and durable surface for all of them to work they way they should. Alcohol markers do bleed but do not leave marks on the other pages. The paper also does not tear up as easy as others and can handle lots of erasing and sketching.

This is very nice paper and quality. I like the color and the weight. I’ve only used it so far to swatch gouache paint. I will use it with dry and wet media, and post images later on. I wish the price was a bit cheaper. But the sketchbook is big so I can split pages in smaller sketching sessions. Instead of focusing on filling a large page. I wish they had this same one in something smaller like a 6x6, 5x5 inches or 3x5inches. But all in all is very good.

I love the feel of the paper, as well as its responsiveness to the media. There is only slight buckling to wet media, and no bleed through. It is NOT good for permanent markers, like Sharpies or alcohol markers or Posca pens-it doesn’t bleed through with the Poscas, but goes pill a bit. But for watercolor, acrylic paint and gouache, I like the way it takes the paint and colors. I like working in Pilot B2Pballpoint and various brush markers, and I really like the nuance of stroke and intensity I can achieve. This is my second such sketchbook, and will continue to use it in the future.