Strathmore 300 Series Bristol Smooth Paper Pad | Acid Free Paper for Longivity & Heavyweight Pages | for Finished Work- Pen&Ink | 270 GSM, 20 Sheets, 22.9 x 30.5 cm

Great

As always great quality

I've seen a lot of reviews for this brand and model of paper and none of them (that I saw) mentioned its marker worthiness, so I was reluctant to buy this UNTIL I met an artist who did very saturated alcohol marker art and suggested me this paper, so I went for it. Usually I use W&N extra smooth Bristol board for marker art, but it's been harder to find for a decent price. This is great paper for markers, takes the inks really well, and blending is really nice, just as nice as W&N extra smooth. It IS off white, and that's only noticeable if next to, say, printer paper, but this isn't a downside, just a fact to mention. Fineliners glide nicely over the surface, and pencils haven't left any dark erased or embossed lines like with some papers. I used distress oxide ink to blend in the background (see photo) and it blends very smoothly. To get the distressed effect I splash the oxide ink with water and the paper held up like a champ, very sturdy. It performs just as well as my usual brand, so I'm really happy with the purchase. Definitely recommend this if you use alcohol markers.

Tried this for printing coloring pages for alcohol markers. Not my favourite... markers are looking less vivid and not as vibrant. Will try one with less GSM next time

Strathmore est incontestablement l'une des meilleures marques de papier (si ce n'est la meilleure selon moi) pour du dessin aux crayons de couleur, à prix accessible. Je dessine avec les Strathmore Bristol surfaces lisse et velin, ce sont des supports différents mais les deux acceptent pas mal de couches avant saturation (utilisation des crayons de couleurs Polychromos de Faber Castell et Luminance de Caran d'Ache). Avec le fini lisse (exemple en photo), les noirs sont moins profondes, les couleurs moins saturées mais le processus est comme "plus facile". Avec le fini velin, il faudra plus travailler ses couches pour faire disparaitre les dents du papier, mais les noirs seront bien profonds et les couleurs plus vives. Ce Bristol de Strathmore n'est comparable à aucun autre Bristol. C'est un régal absolu de dessiner avec. Dommage que l'on ne trouve pas facilement ces blocs en France.

was really smooth and each paper is thick and it was easy to colour on it, took 2 weeks to arrive