📝 Strathmore 400 Series Mixed Media Pad 6x8 - White - 15 Sheets - High-Quality Art Paper Review

Pros: - Excellent thickness. - withstands the average amount of water for watercolor paints. - great for ink! Cons: - Watercolor paints tend to get dirty and sticky as they dry, so I dampen the paper before applying paint. - The paper tears when touched while wet, but becomes firm again when dried.

I will probably not buy again. The paper is surprisingly thick so I had high hopes but my watercolors look terrible on it. I use Sakura Koi and have not had this problem on other paper. I'll continue to use the rest, but I'll use ink instead of watercolor. This paper is probably best for other materials. It hardly flexes, that's great!

. I was expecting blank sheets of parchment. Instead, it's a thick paper with one side very smooth and the other not so smooth. It looks more like watercolor paper to me. Other than that, it's great for my die cuts. A very strong paper that gives depth. So while it's not what I expected it's really nice and I'll be buying more when it runs out. I just didn't know what I was seeing.

Look carefully before you buy! Two different photos are shown for this item. One black and wired. Clicking on it will bring you a picture of a brown unwired pad. The black wire wrap shows up in my purchase history and on the screen where I'm writing a review. but that is not what came and not what is shown on the product details screen where you buy it. We needed wire pads and I didn't notice the image changed when I clicked on it. Otherwise my daughter is very happy with the product.