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

A little big for travel but perfect for the studio or couch. Great product

I absolutely love the feel of the paper and the hardback. This is great for sketches, and the texture is great for multiple media types. I keep this close by, and sketch in it whenever I can. I cant wait to fill it up! Its really a good product, and I will probably buy another when I have finished with this one.

hard cover is awesome

She loved it! it was a perfect to go size for a sketchbook. Great combination with conte, charcoal or pastels.

The bound book is fine. The quality of the pages are fine. The number of pages is way to little.

Ive 95% filled this journal with watercolor art. This will be my go-to watercolor paper from now on. There is something magical about the way that the pigment dances across the page - probably due to the 100% cotton. I use a lot of water and the pages do buckle a bit, which doesntbother me. And the journal doesnt lay completely flat, which is usually a deal-breaker, but I just use some clips to keep the paper down while working. Im happy to overlook those minor issues for the paper quality. I prefer this paper over the same weight (and more expensive) Arches. As you can see from my photo, the pages work for collage as well.

I love the weight and look and feel of this journal. But I hate how it fails to take watercolor. The pages had a waxy or oily coating in places, that created a resist to the watercolor. This was insanely frustrating. Also, the machine texturing of the paper is very noticeable under washes. I ended up with the global arts journal and the moleskin watercolor journals, and loved them both. It was such a pity this one failed.

I got several of these journals at a ridiculously discounted price on Amazon - the bargain of the century. And I’m enjoying them because I got them for such a tiny price. If I’d paid regular price I’d have been disappointed, however. The booklet isn’t that sturdy - it’s soft cover so as you use it the binding shifts. Which means it doesn’t close nicely after a couple of uses. If you’re painting on both sides of the paper you’re painting on the back side of the paper half the time; and with this quality of paper (Not cotton rag) both sides are not equal. There’s a front side for painting and a back side for not painting. You can definitely tell the difference between the two and how the paper performs with the pigment. There’s a nice cold press side (good side) and a kind of weird almost fabric textured back side (not great). For the bargain basement price I paid for these journals I hit the lottery. At regular price there are much better watercolor journals out there for a few bucks more (moleskine, for example). I wouldn’t purchase these strathmore at regular price.

Super Buch für Aquarell Malerei.

This journal will seriously take any media. Ive painted water color and acrylic and used pens and markers. Ive never had a notebook that was so durable and would actually take any medium. I have other paper that claims to be all-medium / mixed-medium but this is the first one that actually does what it says. I am going to be purchasing this journal for a long time and I would recommend it to any artist looking for a new sketchbook. Its a little pricey but so worth the money. I cannot wait to get another one.