Strathmore Colored Pencil Spiral Paper Pad 9X12-30 Sheets -62477900

Very good colored pencil pad. very easy to paint.

Worked well for an intro color drawing class

Great for colored pencil art

Good price - great for colored pencils - better than a regular sketch pad.

Nice paper

I use this paper for some of my colored pencil commissions it excepts OMS pretty well!

The paper is ok, I give it 4 stars because it is exactly what I thought it would be. If you use colored pencils you really can only get away with 3 or 4 layers before the paper starts mildly warping. If you use solvents try to use quick drying ones like turpentine and apply this solvent in a well ventilated area, like outside. I find after allowing the solvent to mostly dry is to get two sheets of wax paper placing your work between them and setting a few very heavy books on top for 10 mins to help correct the warping problem.

I absolutely love this paper. I use it for both my colored pencil drawings, with solvent, and graphite. It handled the solvent pretty well without warping. I have a video on my YouTube showing how I drew the colored portrait. The texture of the paper is great, it handles layering pretty well.

I absolutely loved the way my pencils laid down like butter on this paper. I can build so many layers and they blend beautifully. I absolutely love it!

Use it all the time for many purposes. Colored pencils mainly.