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Your cart is empty.The Strathmore 400 Series Toned Tan Sketch Pad contains a heavyweight sketch paper in a warm tan color perfect for light and dark media. This paper utilizes a mid-tone background that allows artists to work quicker and achieve unique affects by adding deep shadows and highlights that pop. The Strathmore 400 Series Toned Tan Sketch Pad has a medium drawing surface, contains fiber inclusions for visual interest, is 100% recycled, and is made in the USA. Paper is our art form, and we celebrate artists. We have kept the tradition of creating beautiful, high-performing papers alive for over 125 years. Choice of paper is one of the most important decisions an artist makes in determining the outcome of their work. No matter your choice of medium, you can be confident Strathmore paper will enhance your artistic efforts.
S. Taylor
2025-09-07 11:10:35
I love this paper. Good weight. Color perfect for my projects. Priced well.
BlackQweenMars
2025-09-04 17:57:05
I have seen this Tiktok And YouTube shorts comma A lot of people refer to it as the hairy paper, so I was surprised to find it so cheap on Amazon. However, it does its job, and I don't know if I'm going to be going back to white paper anytime soon after this.
Amy Kirby
2025-08-30 09:01:44
I love this pad for sketching portraits or anything realistic. It works great for graphite or colored pencil. Sturdy and well bound.
Andrea Acailawen
2025-08-25 17:03:49
I absolutely love these toned paper books. The quality is very good and the price point is excellent. I also love that they use 30% post-consumer fibers and are, therefore, more environmentally friendly than virgin sketchbooks. I have the toned tan and toned gray books in multiple sizes. I use them mostly for sketching in the field with graphite, colored pencil, oil pastels and micron pens, dip pens or fast drying markers. I use the tone of the paper for my mid tone values, then build form with added lights and darks. Even quick gesture sketches have more innate character than those drawn on plain white paper. They offer a nice change of pace from my usual white watercolor sketchbooks.The paper in these books is 80 lb (118 gsm) weight, so it is ideal for dry media. The pages can be lightly sanded to add tooth for soft pastels/pencils, though I think oil pastels or artist crayons work better, since they tend to stay in place. The pages will also accept very light watercolor, gouache or acrylic painting techniques, such as dry brushing in small areas, but are guaranteed to buckle if the paper gets too wet. So, if you use any wet media beyond alcohol-based inks, exercise some caution.In addition to these books, I also have the Strathmore 400 Series Artagain black paper pads, which contain a even higher percentage of recycled fiber (50%) and I enjoy those, as well, for working from dark to light. In those I tend to work with oil pastels, colored pencils, artist crayons, acrylic inks and/or some gouache. If these books were offered in other neutral tones, I'm sure I'd buy them, as well.
Ival Harrison
2025-08-24 15:02:22
Goes well with prisma color pencils and a good book for blending pencils and charcoal etc.
Amp
2025-08-03 12:28:17
Nice quality
Customer
2025-07-01 11:56:08
This review is for the three colors of the 5.5" x 8.5" 400 series Strathmore sketchbooks because although they are marketed to be identical with only a color variation, they are completely different.Gray, Tan, White/Off-White, Gray:1. 50 sheets, yes2. NOT perforated like the other colors3. NOT 80 lb weight although it claims to be, much thinner4. Darker than quality gray art paper in the larger sizes--markers and pencil don't show wellTan, hands down my favorite:1. 50 sheets, yes2. Perforated sheets tear out easily3. 80 lb heavyweight paper, ink and marker do not show through to the other side4. Perfect darkness for ink and marker to show up well and bright5. Perfect amount of "tooth" to sketch with pencil or markerWhite:1. 100 sheets because it's only slightly thicker than plain printer paper (20 lb)2. Perforated sheets but they tear the entire sheet because the paper is so thin3. NOT 80 lb paper, supposedly 60 lb but it's so thin it's more like 26 lb weight4. Pencil, ink, and marker show right through this thin paper5. Unusual color with little to no toothI would NOT recommend the gray or white, although larger sizes might be fine (the larger gray in particular is better quality than this size).The tan is heavenly. I love it.
Carl Cathcart
2025-05-14 12:07:14
if you take your art serious....this is the paper.
Keent25
2025-04-18 10:58:58
Las hojas son increÃbles para mis colores prisma color premier
Chegou rápido ótima Qualidade
2025-03-18 14:05:48
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jc tre ruiz
2025-03-06 18:56:09
Es un papel que es muy grueso pero soporta muchas capas de colores y aún asà se puede borrar y volver a colorear algo que no todos los papeles soportan
Cliente
2025-02-23 10:27:06
É um papel de alta qualidade, ideal para desenhos secos (por enquanto só usei lápis de cor Derwent Drawing), mas achei as folhas um pouco finas demais para o tamanho. Dependendo da pressão do lápis, ela pode marcar o verso da folha ou até mesmo a página seguinte, então recomendo usar alguma folha por baixo para evitar esses estragos. As cores claras não se destacam tanto quanto imaginei, a princÃpio, mas isso foi se resolvendo no decorrer da criação de camadas e contrastes com cores mais escuras. Em suma, é um ótimo caderno de estudos e pode até mesmo render algumas "obras finais" !
Rodrigo
2025-02-17 14:03:45
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