Strathmore 566-5 500 Series Hardbound Mixed Media Art Journal, 5.5 x 8.5, White, 32 Count

Thinner than I thought to be honest and it looks like theres all kinds of white smudges on the back cover of the one I received that wont come off. Never buying again.

Going to use this for a field guide. Very nice

Its worth it. On the label it says they are 100% cotton pages (I think) and they are bound very well. Unlike a lot of other non-ring sketchbooks I had in the past, this one was easy to open. The cover is so cool too! Its like leather but obviously synthetic. It is a hard cover. I have the Canson watercolor paper with the same lb and weight but this one buckles a lot less and absorbs the paint much better. Its also got a really nice smooth texture. 10/10 would recommend!

This is a great art journal. It is made extremely well with heavy duty paper that is suitable to all types of media including watercolors. I havent experienced any bleedthrough. It also stays open fairly flat making it easy to work in on a flat surface. The size is great for traveling.

Birthday present for my granddaughter who turned 13. She loves to draw and asked for a new sketch book. It is a sturdy book and the paper is fantastic. She likes using the various mediums and says the colors dont leak through. She really is a very good artist if I do say so myself. Actually, her teachers in school say the same thing and theyve put a number of her drawings on exhibit.

Favorite sketchbook of all time. Kinda sucks with markers though

The cold press “tooth” grain is on one side of the paper, and most of the paper was loaded and bound incorrectly so the grain is on the wrong side for most of the pages for my particular notebook. Kind of annoying, but it’s a good hardcover watercolor sketchbook.

Se trasparenta demasiado, el gramaje no es muy alto, pero está bien para ser un cuaderno para hacer bosquejos. (:

Strathmore 400 paper is the only NON Arches paper I use.

I loved it! I do alot of sketching and making doll patterns I want to preserve the original drawing.