Arteza 8.5x11 Hardbound Sketchbook, Set of 2 Heavyweight Hard Cover Sketch Journals, 110 Sheets Each, 68lb/110gsm, Art Supplies for Drawing, Sketching, and Journaling

My daughter has been using watercolor paintbrush markers on these books for the last month. Paper is great quality and the book is sturdy. Definitely will reorder.

Great books, solid construction, great pages

Only few days of carrying it in my backback, hard cover started peeling off. Had to reinforce the hard cover with black masking tape to stop it from falling apart.

My daughter loves these for her sketches. Holds up well.

Strong and well made, at a great price and got shipped in about 2 days. My only complaint is that I dont like the texture of the paper but Im just weird about that. Theres nothing wrong with it

The books are really nice

These sketchbooks lay flat and have good enough paper. Dont try to use markers - they will bleed through. However, for a warm up sketchbook, they are great.

I used marker and it bleed through 4 other pages.

These sketchbooks are really affordable for what they are, the paper quality is great for regular sketching and drawing, my daughter uses markers (including sharpie) in hers and and theres minimal bleed through. The pages are not bright white, they are very slightly off white & much easier on the eyes than copy paper. I use mine to sketch out ideas that I then transfer to digital or watercolour paper & as a general place to noodle around & get my hours in. Im not sure why people have said theyre not sturdy, Ive bought 3 of the 2 packs so far over the last 2 years, used 2 books myself & my daughter has used the other 4... shes 11 now &, like a lot of creatives, a bit of a mess. Shes not easy on these things and theyve not had any issue standing up to her. Basically if youre looking for archival quality sketchbooks, these arent it (but also you should be expecting to pay 10-20x this price for this many pages of that) if youre looking for something to practice in, sketch daily, doodle, these cant be beat for the price. My daughter has even used watercolour in hers several times & they stood up to that (not ideal paper for watercolours but it was good enough for her to play around with them in). Artistic skill comes with practice, LOTS of practice, & these are a great size & quality to get some real use out of for that.

Love it.Bought for nephew.