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

I bought this sketchbook over a year ago. I am a hobby artist and I am still filling it out. Getting a smaller size than the 9x12 (which I have bought previously) was a really good decision because I find it really hard to fill up all of the space at that size. If you are new to sketchbooking, I recommend buying any size below 9x12, but thats just me. 9x12 broke really easily for me when I had it and wasnt good for going in a backpack. The smaller size I have, 7x10, has been really durable. My only complaint is that sides of pages have been getting dirty/softening bc the rub against other things. The sketchbook is OK for watercolor and good for some markers.

My name is Oliver (Julie is my Mom) and I am 7 years old. I think that this paper is very nice to use with watercolors because when you are using watercolors or paint it doesn’t bleed through the paper so quickly or anything like that and you’re not like “Oh no! I have to start over! I put too much water on it!” My pad is 18x24 which makes it so that you can add all of the details that you want!! I love working on my Canson Mix Media XL and I have gone through several of them already!

I would have given it at least five stars if the pages werent so easy to pull out. I wanted it all the this I drew to stay in the book but you cant always get what you want, and anyway some people probably bought this so they could take out the pages and hang them up somewhere! Anyway, I shouldve looked at some more comments, and well you know. Read the description. But I acidentally bought this and we didnt know we had bought it until it got to our house and we didnt bother to return it.

Great food anything from water colors to pencil sketching. Nice and thick and very easy to rip sheets out (it’s perforated). Got it as a gift and have been using it often. I love it, and will be using this brand “Canson” from now on. It’s nice and thick, I really like the quality.

Great product at a good price. Hobby Lobby sells these for more, so I was glad to find this on amazon for a lower price. Shipping was great too. Im very happy with this product. However, the paper doesnt really hold watercolor well for a mixed media type.

Ive been using this type of sketchbook for years and absolutely recommend to any artist. Paper is think enough that ink doesnt bleed through, cover is well made and the spiral bound holds the pages nicely together. If you want to take one of your pages out, no worries! The pages are perforated so you can tear them out easily without getting that spiral edge.

Im a bit clueless I wasnt expecting it to be as big as it actually was and I was very pleasantly surprised! The paper is thick and handles ink pretty well, as well as copic and sharpie which is what I needed.

I bought this paper because it said it was made for markers in the description but my markers bleed right thru the pages and onto the next. I dont like that at all!

Good sketchbook. I use ink and brushpens frequently and have never had any bleed-through onto the next page

Great paper