Artway Studio – Casebound A5 Sketchbook – Portrait - 92 Sides/46 Pages of 170gsm Cartridge Paper – Black Hardback Sketchbook

This is now my go to purchase when I want a new pad. I use the square format and love it. The paper is good quality, smooth and thick enough for what I use it for. I mainly work in pencil and inks but I have used watercolour, watercolour pencils, Gouache and a little acrylics. I have had no problems with the pages, tiny bit of buckling if you overload the watercolours but that was with the pencils rather then the watercolour pots.So applying water to watercolour pencils afterwards. Some tiny buckling but nothing major.A fantastic pad, I use them for sketching and working out ideas before moving onto larger pieces and have also started using them as visual diaries too. Highly recommend buying one to see if you like it and I really think you won’t regret it.Solid pad at a very reasonable price. Will be making multiple purchase.Some people commented on the barcode sticker being on the cover. I never had a problem with this as it’s not affecting the actual product.If you do want rid of it simply put a brown piece of paper or envelope over it and run an iron across it to melt the glue. Should come off fine.

Love these sketchbooks, I use a number of sizes and formats. Good for watercolour, pen, ink, pencils. The paper is good quality and a nice weight, they have sturdy covers and are good for studio or working on site. Good value for money.

Lovely sketchbook! I like the stitching of the paper - gives it such a handmade or human feel! Would be great it there was a heavier weight version for acrylic painting...

I recently bought this sketchbook after my watercolour pad fell apart (oops) and I wanted something much more sturdy that I could track my progress in. The book is really sturdy and well made. The pages are thick but smooth there's no tooth to them. This is really helpful for pencil sketches and details. The cover is really sturdy and the pages are bound really well they won't fall out after significant use. I've tried a few different mediums in this and I can say that it doesn't take alcohol markers too well. My ohuhu markers bled through and even marked the page beneath as you can see in the pictures. This doesn't bother me too much as the markers come with a plastic slip I can use in future to stop any bleeding. The paper does work well for pencil sketching and also using gouache paint (My preferred medium) I haven't tried watercolour yet on this paper so can't comment on that. I have also used posca acrylic paint pens on it and it works fine but if you go over the same area a few times it will begin to rip the paper and make little crumbs. Over all this sketchbook works really well for what I want and is a great price and I would recommend it to those who primarily use pencil, gouache or any other type of thicker paint such as acrylic.

I ordered an A5 sketchbook but instead received a larger A4 one. I genuinely wouldn’t mind but it’s not the size I needed for a specific project, so requested they resend the correct item, and it arrived within a couple days!Eyeballing it, the paper seems sturdy enough not to bleed though with paint or liners, but I’d probably avoid markers if you’re planning on using pages back and front. Ironically the texture doesn’t seem suited for watercolours, but smooth enough for markers or gouache etcVery handy little sketchbook, can’t wait to fill it :)

Pleasantly surprised by the size, but overall, good sketchbook.

It’s amazing! It’s exactly like the picture and the pages are thick and durable!

Great book