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

I just received the product this afternoon!

The sketchpad is bent and creased on the back half. Luckily its only the top right corners and I can probably get by. I would have given a 5 star if it wasnt a little damaged...

It is exactly what I expected.

I really like the Strathmore Colored Pencil paper. For several years I had been using their Bristol smooth for colored pencil drawing, having heard that was the paper for it. While it is ok, I couldnt get the results I had hoped for. Then I decided to take a class in colored pencil. Strathmore Colored Pencil paper was on the list of materials needed. WOW! Im doing so much better now. This paper takes many, many layers of pencil and blending is easier than with the Bristol. Its a very reasonably priced creamy color, 100-lb paper. I have the 9 x 12 pad and recently bought the 6 x 8 pad. They are both wire bound...and I am having so much fun now with my art. I highly recommend it.

Despite the fact that the title that says this pad is multicolor, I received and returned three separate white pads before giving up on this product.

This paper is absolutely perfect for dry colored pencil illustrations. It has a nice weight and tooth that allows me to create professional-looking illustrations with many layers of pencil. My paper has held up exceptionally well thus far. I can see how it could scratch, but with my technique this is not a problem, even considering the relatively harder pencils Im using. Youd really have to be scratching a line into the paper for that to occur. Im not sure how well itll work for wet media, but its designed for colored pencil (dry, at least). I highly recommend this paper, including for those who are into fine art.

A very nice pad of paper with perfect texture for colored pencils.

Just enough tooth for colored pencil. Would like to see it in grey tone or other colors.

This is lovely paper.

The thickness and texture is perfect. I use it for graphite drawings, colored pencil drawings, and mixtures of each. Performs very well, and holds up nicely to erasing.