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

Fantastic for a teen that loves to draw with colored pencils

Perfect for colored pencil work and very sturdy, so its possible to use liquids on it without a problem.

I wanted to practice colored pencil techniques for coloring book success. Ive wanted to learn for years. I find this pad to be adequate for my needs. With practice, in this small pad In sure that Ill progress.

The rougher side of this paper works well with most brands of coloured pencils that I have: Polychromos, Pablo, Holbein, Luminance, Prismacolor Premier (and the old Berol ones) and Derwent Coloursoft. The Derwent Procolour and Artists struggled, but they dont do well on most papers (especially the lighter colours) as the cores are hard and reluctant to give up pigment, and work better on Pastelmat or similar. The other, smoother side of the paper worked best with the Pablos and Prismacolor Premiers. Holbein and Berol were ok, but the others didnt layer well. The grain of the paper (rougher side) is fairly uniform and non-directional, which I find a boon for tight realistic animal portraits...some papers have a crepe-paper texture which can put unintended highlights in your work. You get a nice traditional coloured pencil look with this paper. The white I ordered was not very white, more a pale grey, so may cause problems if being reproduced for illustration, but overall, I was pleased with the paper and will buy it again.

I like the paper because I love paper, but most other paper works as well for what I do.

El mejor papel en el que he trabajado.

I will be buy big sketch book for color pencil in this brand since color come out nice when using color pencils

Not as white as I expected but works fine

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

Great quality.