Anupam SketchO Sketchbook Hardbound, Square Size, 140 GSM Acid Free Natural Shade Paper with Elastic Closure (128 Pages)

I've been using this for more than 6 months. I use it as a mixed media journal so it's become really fat. The binding and the elastic closure has held really well. The paper is on the smooth side, so pencil colours don't pick up really well, esp compared to rougher paper of the same GSM (last photo). There is some bleed with alcohol markers but none with regular water based sketch pens. Neither with light watercolors, and I haven't checked with heavy watercolor. There's no significant buckling with light watercolors. The paper is bright. The book lays flat.The sketchbook is very well priced and I've used more expensive notebooks that are less satisfactory. Definitely planning to buy again.

it was nice and the size was great as wellI would recommend it for people looking for quality in this size of book

Book quality is good but the hardcover slightly damaged during shipping

Shall be writing an honest customer review because I often suffer with quality of paper.I was willing to buy a small sketch pad for random scribbling and drawing but to be honest, I was hesitating to buy one online. But after searching, I decuded to go for this.This one is a mini sketch pad, and pocket friendly (130rs) [ though I think directly buying it from normal stores might cost less for similar products].1. Paper quality is nice. I can do pencil sketch, charcoal, watercolor without problem. But it is not like watercolor paper.I did a pen doodle and it is slightly visible from the opposite side.2. The cover is hardcover. And has a rubber band to close it. Feels absolutely nice.3. Binding is very nice.So if you want to do small sketches/foodles etc, go for this. But if you want it for your child, for random drawing, I would suggest buying drawing copies directly from market, the ones costing 20rs, 40rs etc.

Value for money.

I have been using this sketch book for about 4 months now. It is a great sketch book and I really like it. Paper is slightly textured. It can hold watercolors, acrylic, gouache, pencil,poster colours, coloured pencils, crayons etc nicely. The pages are thick (130 GSM) enough to hold 2-3 layers of watercolor and is ok for wet on wet technique. I do not use markers and ink as often so I don't know about that though...The shipping was quite expensive as it was not on prime but overall a great sketch book!

First of all this sketch book is very cheap in price. And also this is good for doodles than watercolor sketches.

This brand doesn't ever deserve 1 rating to be honest. The paper looks very cheap, especially for the graphite works. Not at all recommended. I have requested for the return and I won't buy another stupid indian products like this ever again.To explain in details, The paper feels very weak and doesn't look like it can handle even the 2nd layering of graphite and I am someone who relies on 8-10 layering like any other normal graphite artists. So a hard NO for me.