Strathmore Toned Tan Sketch Pad 5.5X8.5

I'm using this sketchbook to learn to sketch with inks and markers. The tone is beautiful, and the paper feels good and on the rough side. It's an A5 size, and the coil is good. I feel it will be good for pencils and coloured pencils, not so sure about watercolour. Warm grey markers look good on the tone. This is not on the book, but I wish I knew this when I bought it: - The paper is thick-ish, but both markers and pens like the Staedtler lumocolor would bleed through and show on the other side of the paper. The bleed isn't massive, but still noticeable. Shouldn't be terrible for practicing lines, but you don't want this type of bleed on your good drawings. - The Staedtler fine liner 0.3 (don't have thicker ones) struggles with the ink flow because of the roughness of the paper. I am still using them though, but the line gets breaky sometimes. Maybe a 0.5 would fare better! The 0.3 works great on smoother paper.

Products were of high quality.very happy.

The paper is of excellent quality and quite suitable for sketching.

This is great for pencil sketches but with the disadvantage of being a little thin. That said the effect can be quite striking if you can keep your hands off it and stop it stretching. I would still recommend it and I do still use it. Wish they made it twice as heavy is all. It’s cheap to buy and a nice size to carry about so all in all a good value purchase.

This was a gift for a beginner artist. It was received well - she loves the quality of the paper and also how it shows light colours (such as white) pop :) Just to let people know, graphite pencils, coloured pencils and gel pens worked fine. However, watercolour and sharpie showed through to the other side, so you might want to be careful when you are using those mediums. It's a great alternative to ordinary white paper when you want to try something different. I might even get one for myself!

My favourite sketchbook for the first part of my workflow, I use it for coming up with loose work like thumbnails and design., I am from the UK and always order these, don't mind the wait.. Used them through university doing Game Art Design and now using them as an emerging professional. White pencil works great on top! Great to take with you to always be drawing and solid enough to keep sturdy. 10/10!

It is an A5 book. I have not yet used coloured pencils on it as I have ordered the Arteza ones and they havent arrived yet. I love the book Tho. It is highly quality, the front cover is a little thin but it doesnt bother me. I have shown the book in comparison to the size of my hand for any1 wondering. The back cover (last photo) is much thicker and sturdier than the front.

Awesome sketch pad, brilliant if you're doing a lot of coloured pencil or pastel drawings the tan colour of the paper really brings the colour out, from my experience I would recommend Prismacolour pencils to be a good buy alongside this item and it also seems Faber castell and derwent coloured pencils are also good bets with this too even though iv never really tried those brands myself :) here are a couple of examples, the second one is Bella my mums staffie which I did for her as part of her Christmas present last year.. .

Ótimo. Estou amando desenhar e colorir nesse papel

I love it thank you so much just started drawing and it was perfect and the white was visible and it’s not too small nor big it’s good for a sketch book and the price is goood.

Ho provato il blocco da schizzi con matite a carboncino: la resa è ottima e i colori risultano brillanti. La carta ha una finitura liscia al tatto e anche la matita per il bozzetto scorre con estrema facilità. Pienamente soddisfatta dell'acquisto!

Ich bin von den toned tan Blöcken begeistert. Ich hab sie in allen Größen und hab bislang für ölbasierte Buntstifte nichts besseres gefunden. Das Papier ist schön dick, stabil und hat genügend Struktur, dass es für Zeichentechnicken mit Polychromos und Caran d‘ache bestens geeignet ist. Selbst nach 5-6 Farbschichten greift das Papier immer noch. Würde ich jederzeit wieder kaufen.

Honestly I prefer this over their premium 500 series, the paper is so nice it has a little bit of tooth, which makes it very nice for pencil art too. I really like the colour of this paper, the paper is on the thinner side so do be careful if you're going to use acrylic paints etc. Other then that I would definitely buy this again!