Strathmore 400 Series Sketch Pad, Toned Tan, 9x12 inch, 50 Sheets - Artist Sketchbook for Drawing, Illustration, Art Class Students

Great paper! High quality for charcoal, pastels and other mediums. Perfect for figure drawing!!

Good quality. Thick paper, no bleed through. The spiral binding gets bent easily but that’s pretty common.

I absolutely love these toned paper books. The quality is very good and the price point is excellent. I also love that they use 30% post-consumer fibers and are, therefore, more environmentally friendly than virgin sketchbooks. I have the toned tan and toned gray books in multiple sizes. I use them mostly for sketching in the field with graphite, colored pencil, oil pastels and micron pens, dip pens or fast drying markers. I use the tone of the paper for my mid tone values, then build form with added lights and darks. Even quick gesture sketches have more innate character than those drawn on plain white paper. They offer a nice change of pace from my usual white watercolor sketchbooks. The paper in these books is 80 lb (118 gsm) weight, so it is ideal for dry media. The pages can be lightly sanded to add tooth for soft pastels/pencils, though I think oil pastels or artist crayons work better, since they tend to stay in place. The pages will also accept very light watercolor, gouache or acrylic painting techniques, such as dry brushing in small areas, but are guaranteed to buckle if the paper gets too wet. So, if you use any wet media beyond alcohol-based inks, exercise some caution. In addition to these books, I also have the Strathmore 400 Series Artagain black paper pads, which contain a even higher percentage of recycled fiber (50%) and I enjoy those, as well, for working from dark to light. In those I tend to work with oil pastels, colored pencils, artist crayons, acrylic inks and/or some gouache. If these books were offered in other neutral tones, I'm sure I'd buy them, as well.

My favorite paper to draw portraits in.

The paper its really good to use with collors. I'm giving four starts because the metal rings that hold the paper arrived a little bit twisted. It is going to be a problem in the futuro. Apart from that, it is a good product

Love this paper! Has a nice tooth to it and lays down pencil and charcoal very nicely. I was afraid that the tone would be too dark, but that’s not the case for my needs. Will be my go to paper.

Amazing. Good quality paper, thick, and great for colored pencils. Would get again.

This book is AMAZING! I found out about it after being recommended by Youtube Artist, DramaticParrot, who uses it to create some amazing pieces of art. As an aspiring artist and fan, I had to take her word. This is my first non-white sketchbook and I noticed the change in quality as soon as I opened it. The pages were so smooth and so good for sketching, something I had never experienced before. I tried drawing a black and white realistic figure skater and full-colored BB-8, and either way, those 2 have been the best drawings I have ever created. I recommend you add a white gelly roll outline to some of your images, and BAM! it looks incredible. You don't need expensive materials (such as really good colored pencils) to work with it. I used 50 Set of Crayola pencils and it turned out great, IMO. If you want to give your art work a different take and want to try out high-end paper without the high cost that comes with it, try this! The 50 pages should last you quite a while, and really, for a book this quality, the price of it is cheap and something I'll be sure to re-order once I run out. If you're an artist, you should really try using this tan book, you may never look at your art the same way again! :)

L album era proprio quello di cui avevo bisogno Sono pienamente soddisfatto e lo consiglio a chiunque cerchi un album abbastanza liscio e che permetta di ottenere degli ottimi contrasti di luce ✅ PRO: Liscio, i colori scorrono bene sulla carta. Fogli di alta qualità, si possono fare tantissime sovrapposizioni di colori, per chi è abituato a lavorare a strati 🔴 CONTRO: Forse un po sottili, ma tutto viene compensato dalla qualità dei fogli e dei risultati. Se siete dei disegnatori professionisti e cercate una soluzione professionale per fare ritratti o paesaggi, questo é quello che fa per voi 🔥🔥🔥

Ótimo. Estou amando desenhar e colorir nesse papel

I love it thank you so much just started drawing and it was perfect and the white was visible and it’s not too small nor big it’s good for a sketch book and the price is goood.

Ho provato il blocco da schizzi con matite a carboncino: la resa è ottima e i colori risultano brillanti. La carta ha una finitura liscia al tatto e anche la matita per il bozzetto scorre con estrema facilità. Pienamente soddisfatta dell'acquisto!

Papel excelente para técnica de grafite/carvão