The sketchbook is 99% perfect.It has wonderful slightly off-white paper that is heavy without being bulky. It works with wet media including watercolors and watercolor crayons which require a bit more water and scrubbing. Also wonderful for acrylics, pencils, inks and pastels. This is top notch paper that has a nice light tooth so not too smooth or too rough. I do mixed media and use this as a small artists journal so I throw all sorts of things at the pages includes staples, sewing and brads.The spiral binding is big but not too big which allows it to lay flat. The spiral does tend to work itself out a little over time so a quick spin now and then puts it back in its proper place. I actually like that it's not a metal spiral. I've crushed metal bindings into mangled pancakes and I've never damaged this binding.So what's not to love? The cover is a flimsy sheet of paper not as heavy as the interior pages. Go figure. What I do is laminate four pages together by covering the pages to be stuck together with glue of some sort (even glue stick works), put a heavy weight on it, sop up any glue that escapes and let it dry. My make-do cover works fine. These people make a great product I have absolutely no idea why they don't give us a real front cover. The back cover is super heavy cardboard (emphasis on the board part) which gives great support. I just want a cover that protects my hard work as well.
- Susan Jane C. Ankeney "dustyspiral"
dry mediaNature sketch drawing bookHeavyweight 130-pound (211-gram per square meter), 25-percent cotton sheet has a toothy, rough vellum surface on one ..
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