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Stillman & Birn Sketchbooks are quickly becoming one of our most popular sketchbooks. We love them because of the incredibly wide range of formats, paper weight, shade and surface. Whether you work in a dry or wet medium, you can find a sketchbook that works best for you! You'll love them because of their robust paper, allowing for heavy washes on both sides of the page without buckling. But don't take our word for it, take a look at these artists' sketchbook tours and see the possibilities …

When you’re working on art, you need strong, smooth paper that won’t form fuzz under friction. Midori MD Cotton Notebooks contain soft cotton paper that allows graphite and paint alike to spread smoothly across the page. Twenty percent of the material used for MD Paper Cotton is soft-textured cotton pulp to achieve the best possible comfort when drawing. These notebooks feel good to hold and good to write in.MD paper is bleed-resistant, feather-resistant, and fountain pen friendly!The notebook h …

Let's talk surfaces. Mixed Media papers typically have a medium/vellum drawing surface with a slight amount of tooth (texture) that works well with mediums like graphite, marker, pen & ink, and colored pencil. Traditional watercolor paper typically has more tooth, which does not allow for finer details or creating depth of tone when using dry mediums. The most common watercolor paper surface is cold press. Cold press paper has a good amount of texture or 'peaks and valleys' o …