Artway Studio Casebound Square Sketch Book - 195 x 195mm - 72 Pages (36 Leaves) of 170gsm Paper - Hardback Sketchbook

Sturdy, smooth and thick paper. I tested the pens I might use in this book and only the alcohol based markers bled through. With the exception of holding down my pens for 10 seconds this sketchbook would hold up to general use. I did test two watercolours too, there was some warping in the paper.

I’ve decided to take five minutes of my time to sing praise to manufacturers. This is probably the best sketchbook I’ve ever owned, and believe me, I tried a lot, including expensive Moleskins and Hunnemuehles. I bought it on a whim, and it sat in my drawer for a while, but once I tried it I soon discovered that it takes practically every media, apart from, maybe, really heavy washes. I gessoed it, I worked in acrylics, poured inks over it, it took Ecoline markers and Tombows, soft pastels and oil pastels, and a good beating too. Great for traditional sketching media like sanguine and sepia pencils, charcoals etc.

I've been looking for a new brand of sketchbook to use for a while now, since I use so many different kinds of art supplies, I needed a sketchbook that could handle as many different mediums as possible. This Artway Studio sketchbook is as close to the perfect sketchbook I have found thus far. It handles inks, watercolours, fineliners, colour pencils, acrylic paint, alcohol markers, oil pastels, water based markers etc. in this sketchbook and it has withstood all of it. The only art supply I wouldn't in here is alcohol based markers due to ghosting on the other side of the page, but that can be covered up with another piece of paper. Overall, I'm extremely impressed with this sketchbook, and i will be buying more!

Das Skizzenbuch kommt sehr robust daher. Die Deckel sind schön steif, auch wenn die raue Haptik erstmal etwas irritiert. Der Rücken wird zusätzlich durch ein Textilband gesichert. Gebunden ist das Buch ebenfalls robust, die klassische Fadenstichheftung ist halt doch die beste; keine Klebebindung, wo die Blätter ausreißen könnten.Das Wichtigste: Das Papier.Super gut zum Skizzieren UND Aquarellieren UND Tuschen. Dadurch, dass das Papier NICHT beschichtet ist, nimt es sehr gut Farbe und Tusche auf. Es ist jedoch kein klassisches Aquarellpapier, soll heißen: zu viel Wasser ist natürlich auch nicht gut.Die Farbe und Tusche stechen NICHT durch! Das ist ganz großartig, weil sonst die Rückseite des Blattes unbrauchbar wird, somit würden aus 92 Seiten ja effektiv nur 46. Zum Glück ist das nicht der Fall, gerade in dieser Preisklasse.Bisher habe ich folgende Utensilien genutzt:Bleiststift - kein DurchdrückenReiseaquarellkasten mit Wasserpinselstift - okay, keine Einbluten oder DurchscheinenMuji Gel Pen - kein Durchscheinen, kein Durchdrücken (linkes Bild)Pentel Pinselstift mit Tusche - kein DurchscheinenPentel Sign Pen - kein Durchscheinen, trotz der flächigen Füllungen (rechtes Bild)Pentel Touch Pen - kein DurchscheinenVon mir: Klare Kaufempfehlung. Es gibt sicherlich NOCH bessere Skizzenbüchern, hatte ich aber bis jetzt noch nicht (und lasse mich gern eines Besseren belehren).Vielen Dank für die Aufmerksamkeit

I think it's great.I was reluctant to buy it because it didn't have a lot of files and i generally draw only on one side, but who knew you could draw on both sides if the sketchbook is of quality.I addrd 6 pictures of my drawings. The purple one is made with watercolor brush pens/liner, and the second is a lot of gouache. Each set has a photo of the drawing from the other side, and then when it's laid flat agains the other files. Neither come through on the other side and i can draw freely without worrying about bleeding. (Neither the markers or pain are high quality.)I'd definitely buy it again. The painted page crumpled up a little but that's my fault for being stupid with it.4What i will say is that a few pages came with a bent corner but I didn't care about that.