HIMIGouache Pad 8.5X8.5''(98lb/160g) 50 Sheets Mix Paper Pad, Side Wire Bound, Fine Texture, in Gouache Acrylic Art Pad for Sketching, Ink Sketch Book, Art Supplies Drawing Pad Gift （Green）

Estan muy delgadas las hojas y el empaque todo mal, me lo enviaron en una bolsita sin seguridad y obviamente los resortes vinieron todos doblados y las esquinas machucadas

I love this sketchbook for my gouache painting.

Lovely quality, can't fault it!

This is an interesting pad- it's spiral bound, but also gummed on the other three sides (you will need to use a blade or paper scorer to remove the sheets of paper from the pad or flip to the next page), so it lies flat as you work on it. So a block of mixed media paper with a spiral binding.The paper itself is surprisingly nice. It does handle wet and dry media beautifully- a little bit of rippling and swelling with watered down gouache (to watercolor consistency). I would recommend this for a heavier application of a thicker gouache, as it comes out of the tube, as opposed to using gouache like watercolor. Granulating watercolor works okay- not as good as a textured cotton paper properly sized for watercolor, and the pigment particles do tend to leave very hard edges as opposed to a proper watercolor paper. Gouache, even watered down, looks vibrant and beautiful on this paper- the color of the paper is a true white, but NOT cool toned.The texture of the paper is AMAZING for color pencil and straight pencil-over-pencil blending. I was shocked at how good it performed for that, and I am going to order another one of these (or two...) specifically for color pencil work. I love how the gummed down edges hold the paper flat and smooth while working with pencils on it. The colors popped and blended like a dream on this paper- the tooth is just right for solvent-free blending.So this is a true mixed media paper, gummed on three sides, good tooth and color. Definitely a contender for those find the XL pads not quite right for the work they do.

Paper seems to thin so I doubt it's 160 lb. The sketchbook I received was not properly cut with pages being stuck together, some ripping apart when being pried open. Aside from that it took a month or so to arrive. Will be steering clear of this brand.