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Sketchbooks and Pads

Strathmore 300 Series Sketch
This light weight sketch pad is suited for classroom experimentation, practicing of techniques, or quick studies with any dry media. It is acid-free and lightly texture. Each pad is gummed at the top and contains 100 sheets of 50lb bright white paper.

Strathmore 300 Series Drawing
This medium weight sketch pad is intended for any dry media, pen and ink. It is acid-free and durable. It has a coil at the top and contains 50 sheets of 70lb bright white paper.

Strathmore 400 Series Drawing
This heavy weight, medium surface sketch pad is acid-free and durable. It is ideal for illustrations and final drawings. It is great for any dry media, and suitable for pens and ink. It has coil at the top and contains 24 sheets of 80lb natural white paper.

* Micro perforated at the top for easy sheet removal.

Strathmore 400 Premium Recycled Drawing
This heavy weight, medium surface sketch pad is acid-free and durable. It is ideal for all dry media and suitable for pen and ink. This durable paper contains 30% Post Consumer Waste Fiber and is micro perforated at the top for clean and easy sheet removal. It has a coil at the top and contains 24 sheets of 80lb bright white paper.

Strathmore 400 Pastel
This luxurious medium weight paper offers a subtle background ideal for oil pastels. It is also suitable for soft or hard dry pastel drawings. It is gummed at the top and contains 24 sheets of 80lb paper in assorted colours.

Strathmore 400 Gray Scale
This is a heavy weight pad that is acid-free and has a textrued surface. Its pages are white, black and three tints of gray. It is ideal for tonal studies and suitable for use with charcoal, pastel, chalk, and conte crayon. It is gummed at the top and contains 15 sheets of 80lb paper.

Strathmore 400 Artagain Coal Black
This rich black paper is ideally suited for soft pastels and charcoal. It is acid-free, medium weight, and lightly textrued. It is made of 30% Post Consumer Waste Fiber. It is gummed at the top and contains 24 sheets of 60lb black paper.

Strathmore 400 Calligraphy
This writing weight, smooth sheet provides an ideal surface for proper ink flow suitable for use with felt or metal calligraphy nibs and ink. It is gummed at the top and contains 50 sheets of 20lb natural white paper.

Strathmore 300 Tracing
This tracing pad has transparent parchment paper which accepts pencil, marker and ink. It is gummed at the top and contains 50 sheets of 25lb transluscent paper.

Strathmore 300 Canvas Pad
This pad replicates a canvas surface for practicing techniques with oils and acrylics. It is gummed at the top and contains ten sheets.

HJ Permanent Sketchbooks
These bound sketchbooks lay flat when open and have a classy textured black hard cover. They are ideal for pen, ink, pencil, and charcoal. Each book is made with an acid-free white heavy-weight bond paper with good tooth and contains 142 sheets to make them an economic choice.

Robert Bateman Recycled Sketchbooks
These artist quality sketchbooks have acid-free white paper. They are suitable for pencil, charcoal, watercolour pencil, acrylics, pastels (including oil) and light watercolour washes. At 110lb, they have one of the heaviest papers in a sketchbook that we carry. Each sketchbook contains 50 sheets with a smooth surface.

Aquabee Super Deluxe Sketchbooks
These sketchbooks have a heavyweight drawing paper with a textured surface and excellent tooth. They are gerat for both wet and dry media and are archival quality. Each book has 60 sheets of 93lb natural white paper. Made in the USA.

Aquabee CoMo Sketchbooks
These acid-free coil-bound sketchbooks have a natural white sheet with excellent erasing qualities. They have excellent tooth, and are double-sized to accept wet media. They are micro-perforated for easy sheet removal and a great for use with pencil, pen, ink and light washes. Each sketchbook contains 30 sheets of 80lb paper.

Aquabee Tree-Free Hemp Sketchbooks
These sketchbooks contain 25% hemp and 75% recycled product. They are acid-free with an excellent laid surface and dual-sized to accept wet media. These affordable coil-bound sketchbooks are suitable for pencil, pen & ink, and light washes. Each book contains 20 sheets of 70lb paper.

Mirage Green Label Sketchbooks
These Canadian made sketchbooks are very popular with students. They contain acid-free paper with medium tooth and are excellent for pencil, pastel, and charcoal. Each book is coil-bound with a black hard-cover and contains 75 sheets of 73lb paper.

Mirage Orange Label Sketchbooks
These Canadian made sketchbooks have a heavy, medium tooth, and acid-free paper. They are suitable for all drawing media and good for watercolour. Each sketchbook comes with a coil-bound black hardcover with 50 sheets of 80lb paper.

St.Armand Sketchbooks
These handmade sketchbooks come in assorted colours with a glued back. They are good for writing or sketching and come with 40 pages.

Rising Stonehenge Pad
Yes! Stonehenge available in a pad! It is 100% cotton rag with a vellum finish. It is neutral pH and acid-free and suitable for all drawing applications. Each pad is gummed at the top with 15 sheets of 250gsm paper.

Sennelier Oil Pastel Pad
From the original inventors of the oil pastel comes a superb must-have pad. It will not seep, bleed through, or halo. The machine-made bright white, acid-free and heavy weight pages are interleaved with glassine to protect your artwork. Each pad has 12 sheets of 160lb paper with a spiral coil at the top.

B&R Paris Bleedproof Pad for Pen & Ink
This pad is fantastic for pens and also recommended for computer graphics and a variety of other mediums. Each page has a smooth surface that will not bleed through. It is non-wicking and acid-free. Each pad contains 40 sheets of 108lb paper. Also available in a 36 inch x 10 yard roll for $32.35.

Bienfang Graphics 360 Pad for Markers
This great pad contains 100% transluscent marker paper. The pages will not bleed and retain true colour and brilliance. Excellent for building colours and blending tones. Each pad has 50 sheets.

Economic Art Paper Pads

Cartridge Pads: 40 sheets per pad, white lightly textured paper

Bond Pads: 40 sheets per pad, white smooth paper

Manilla: 40 sheets per pad, cream coloured textured paper

Newsprint Pads: 40 sheets per pad, off-white paper