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

My daughter likes to sketche and doodle. And she thought this pad was great. She keeps it in her bookbag 24-7.

I like the paper plus it’s a great size to work with. Easily portable.

This is a great paper pad for the price! I love using this pad for oil pastels or pencil sketches. I dont think the paper holds up well for acrylic. I tried my cheaper grade acrylic paint on it the other day for practice and the paper buckled and it was hard to blend.

Thick sheets of paper, good for oil and water painting

Have been using it for more than a decade for watercolor. It is absolutely a great price for art creation!

Awesome quality paper stock. Thick and smooth. Perfect for any artist

I can not even believe what I was sent for $7! The wire binder part of it is literally too small, therefore the entire notebook is unstable, flimsy, and it looks like the ring part they put in it is for a much smaller notebook, leaving 4 spots open- 3 at the top and 1 at the bottom! How does that go through the production process and end up being put in a customers package like this?!? Its like whomever packaged my stuff into one box just said, F it, who cares. Im very disappointed. I havent even used it yet, as I just received it, so I dont know the quality of the paper. It seems pretty good, though. However, getting mine in this condition isnt acceptable.

its really nice and good for mixed media

Ive been using this sketchbook for a while now before I purchased it here. I filled up my old one, so I wanted to get another. I couldnt remember what store I had bought it at, and no where seemed to carry this size & brand together. Anyway, this was exactly the one I was looking for. I love the 7x10 size of this sketchbook; for me, its plenty of size to work in and write in without being cramped but also without feeling like Im trying to fill all this extra space. Its not too bulky and the paper, binding, and cover have held up very well over the months Ive been carrying it with me all over. Paper quality is nice. Not too smooth or rough, great for dry media. I havent tried it with much wet media so Im not sure how it holds up with that. I agree with other reviewers that have said it is somewhat hard to get a clean tear from the perforation, but I dont remove pages from my sketchbooks much so that didnt bother me. Overall, I love this sketchbook! Im always recommending it to other art students! (:

The old versions had a sturdy cover page - now it’s like paper. Not a fan of this change.