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Review on 🎨 Bamboo Pocket Size Blank Spiral Bound Sketchbook for Drawing and Mixed Media, 4x5 - Artist's Drawing Pad and Sketch Journal by Kelly Caballes

Revainrating 4 out of 5

Good for watercolors, bleeds across the page with alcohol based markers

I really like this sketchbook. The paper is of surprisingly good quality and you can not only draw on it with pencil and pen, but much more. I've used watercolors, permanent markers, Sakura pens and markers, acrylic paints, calligraphy inks and pens, Copic markers and the paper hasn't fallen apart. Regarding bleeding, alcohol based markets will happen and you can paste something under the current page you are working on to prevent it from leaking onto the next page. It's also quite durable, I had some reservations about the spiral binding, but it has survived traveling and being put in bags.

Pros
  • Ideal for mixed media. While this album is perfect for pencil sketching, it also works well with markers, inks, pastels, colored pencils, colored pencils, charcoal, pastels, calligraphy, and zentangle. Even permanent markers won't show through! (Alcohol pencils and other "wet" pencils may bleed through.) Please note that the Sutter Lane Sketchbook is not intended to replace a Bristol board, watercolor board, or drawing paper (it is a sketchbook, after all), but you will be amazed at just how versatile paper is is.
Cons
  • There are other interesting options.

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March 04, 2023
Excellent weight, size and design for magazine collages