Daler-Rowney Ebony 160gsm A5 Smooth Portrait Drawing Sketchbook, Spiral Bound, 54 Natural White Sheets, Ideal for Professional Artists & Students

Having also ordered the A3 version, there were also required sketch books for our daughters University degree course in illustration. We ordered 2 as the price on Amazon was excellent compared to the high street.The quality, as expected from this manufacturer, is excellent.The hard back cover is very protective and the paper is superior quality for producing the best illustration work.I'll definitely be ordering more in the future.Without a doubt, these are highly recommended.

I've used pencils, watercolour, acrylic paint and oil pastels and all of them work well on this paper. It's a good student grade book and a really nice size. I struggle to work on bigger pages this is perfect.

I've tried a bunch of different sketchbooks and this type is high on my preferred list. The spiral binding means it's easy to draw on any side of any page without having to hold things awkwardly open, and it's so much easier to take pictures of your work to post on whatever site. Hardback means you can draw anywhere too, without needing a table or something hard to prop it on.The paper is pretty sturdy too, 160gsm is pretty thick. I didn't like the texture with pencils at all, but I use quite soft ones so it wore them down pretty fast. I mainly used this sketchbook during Inktober though, and for that it was perfect. The paper is thick enough to take the inks without bleeding or feathering, and like I said before, it was convenient to use wherever I wanted and easy to take photos to post. The amount of pages and size are a good ratio too, I don't want a massive doorstop to carry around but also not something that's too small or finished too quickly.Overall 4 stars, just because I didn't like how it felt with pencils and I like switching up my materials constantly as I go through sketchbooks. Makes up for it with how well it deals with ink, markers, etc though.

i love this sketch book so much ! the spiral bounding doesnt mess itself up and the pages arent thin, will def buy again when finished with this one !

My daughter loves this for her sketches. Great quality and feels v sturdy.

great pocket sized sketch book for daughter's artwork

Worth the money

Robust paper that takes graphite well and copes well with erasers. Large spiral folds completely flat and space to clip a pencil and eraser inside.

Perfect quality albeit a little expensive.

Das Skizzenbuch macht einen sehr wertigen Eindruck und ist gut verarbeitet. Die Deckel sind so stabil, dass man keine weitere Unterlage benötigt, was bei vergleichbaren Produkten meist nicht klappt. Dennoch liegt es erstaunlich gut in der Hand. Selbst bei längerem Gebrauch im Stehen hatte ich keinerlei Probleme und kann es schon alleine deshalb empfehlen.Ich zeichne überwiegend mit Bleistiften in mittleren Härtegraden, was auf dem griffigen Papier wirklich gut geht. Mehrmaliges Korrigieren und Radieren der gleichen Kontur war überhaupt kein Problem. Pastell- und Buntstifte kamen ebenfalls zum Einsatz. Sie ließen sich sauber und präzise auftragen und nach Bedarf auch verwischen.Zwei Dinge könnte man allerdings verbessern:- eine Perforation zum Heraustrennen der Blätter anbringen- und das Papier sollte dicker sein. Eine Grammatur von 160g/m2 ist meiner Meinung nach zu wenig für Aquarelltechniken mit viel Wasser. Deshalb habe ich es erst gar nicht ausprobiert, sondern die Aquarellstifte von Faber Castell mit möglichst wenig Wasser benutzt. Dabei hat sich das Papier nur minimal gewellt und nach dem Trocknen war es wieder glatt.