Canson XL Series Mix Paper Pad, Heavyweight, Fine Texture, Heavy Sizing for Wet or Dry Media, Side Wire Bound, 98 Pound, 5.5 x 8.5 in, 60 Sheets, 5.5X8.5

Love the texture and durability of the paper, have been using this brand for years! My only gripe is that the front and back cover WILL come loose very quickly, often much earlier than all of the paper is used. The problem is with the spiral binding rather than the covers themselves, as they have never torn for me personally. As long as you find a way to reattach the covers, this is perfect!

The 7 x 10in one is the perfect size. Ive had bigger sizes before but the pages tend to tear out from turning the pages. Other than that this is my favorite paper to use. You can paint and use markers/pens on it.

It definitely functions as a sketchbook. Nothing really outstanding or interesting about it, its kinda just a sketchbook.

Pages are nice and thick, making this a truly mixed media book. I will be using this for projects ranging from pencil drawings to pastels and watercolor, so I was worried pages would be too thin. Definitely recommend.

This is my go to sketchbook. I use it for watercolor, and markers mostly. Pages are decently thick, doesn’t bleed. And the price is a little cheaper than Michaels or Walmart and other stores that I’d usually buy from.

Very small , make sure you pay attention to size

Not very good...warps and ripples quite a bit even if Im not using a lot of water, sometimes its so bad I might as well just be painting on cardstock. Im trying out painting on foamcore board right now, and so far that holds up really well, even to multiple layers. I can get a 20x29.75 sheet at the dollar store for a dollar, which is cheap enough as it is, but I also cut them down to smaller sizes and since I have no intentions of selling my paintings and I am just using these to practice and for scenes/backgrounds in a comic Im working on, I can use both sides of the foamcore board and get a lot of paintings per sheet. So Im just going to stick with that.

My daughter is an artist and she loves this sketch book. The quality of the paper is really good for makers.

This is my first ever purchase of watercolor paper as I am now trying to pick up watercoloring as my new hobby! So far Ive used about two pages and it seems good quality to me. The watercolors dont bleed through the paper and onto the other side. As expected of any paper that touches water, the paper does wrinkle a bit on the edges after painted on. Would repurchase again once I run out of pages on my current book. The size of this book makes it easy to travel with because it fits in my backpack, but its also large enough to be able to create bigger pieces and not be cramped trying to make details on a post it note sized paper.

Ive used this paper for a number of projects and it has never failed me. I can highly suggest using it for acrylic and sketching as it holds up well and can actually go from book to frame no problem.