Review on 🎨 Canson Artist Series Cream Drawing Pad 18x24 - Top Wire Bound, High-Quality Paper, 24 Sheets - 100510976 by Summer Hendricks

Generally a good sketchbook. Reason 4/5 on two small points, one of which isn't entirely the fault of the pads.1. I really wish it had a hard cover so the pages were a bit more secure - the back is hard but the actual cover is flimsy crap that doesn't hold up well if you're like me and take it everywhere. 2. I mainly use it for graphite illustrations - the pages don't seem to be holding the graphite very well. Despite my best efforts, the pages smudge like crazy. This can work well if you use a lot of blending in your style. For me, it just means I have to spend extra time deleting unnecessary labels. This makes it difficult to achieve a "finished" work of commercial quality. All in all, this is a good book if you just need a practice block. The pages are well bound and the paper is of good quality. It withstands abrasion and semi-intensive work well. I am not satisfied for the price. Would I buy it again? To be honest when the time comes I'll go shopping to see if I can find something that tickles all my fantasies but without that it's a good throwback.