Zen Sangam Express your MindZen Sangam Artists’ - Bookmark Gouache Glued Sketch Paper Pad - 300 GSM - Cold Pressed - (24 Sheets) - Rough Grain Surface - Size (18x5cm) - Gouache Book.

Opened the booklet up and noticed immediately that both corners arrived damaged. Upon opening the cover, the adhesive broke and the top page fell out. I gently opened other pages and could hear and see the adhesive breaking, and the cover came off completely, leaving a stack of barely glued together pages.I decided to try out the page that fell out of the book and was unhappy with the amount of warping after totally normal use. For being advertised for gouache, a water activated paint, the paper doesn’t take on water very well. Can also see indentation on the back side of the pages. Really disappointing quality.

The size is little small than my expectation but the quality of the paper is awesome 👌

Pros: - paper is really thick. 300 GSM as mentioned and nothing is visible on the other side even when you use thin water colours - sizes are appropriate to make a personalized (non-foldable) gift card- square shapes are perfect for a wonderful effect – much better than rectangular sizes - combo of 3 pads is a good deal compared to other individual ones - you can very easily and cleanly tear the sheets - looks cute and clean - there was a free bookmark which they didn't even mention anywhere!Cons (just for the sake of putting it here, otherwise it's all good): - paper is really high quality. Maybe you can do with a lesser quality also (~200 GSM?!) if you're just casually painting or learning to paint. But for me, it was still a good deal price-wise!- sizes are exactly as mentioned but not as big as I imagined them to be. Even the largest one is quite small for a wall-hung painting. So make sure you're not expecting something big- it's just paper as described but perhaps they could innovate and include some matching-sized clear envelops to store the paintings in (of course with additional/separate cost)

Good quality sketchbook.

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