Sketchbook B5

This is a great sketchbook! The B6 size is perfect as it's smaller than an A5 (5.5"×8.5") yet bigger than a typical pocket size (3.75" × 5.5"). This gives the handroom needed to get a good feel for the layout of the sketch. The paper is thick, a nice shade of light cream and smooth with a slight tooth for gripping medium. A light wash of color will give slight to moderate buckling. A moderate wash like what I've done in the attached pic will give noticable buckling but nothing to prevent one from utilizing the back ( if you don't mind a bit of ripple). There was no bleed through of the watercolor, fineliner or brush pen that I used on the Test page, but some faint shadowing. I love the textured cover, the back pocket and the elastic band as these details give a high-end craftsmanship feel! Overall I'm impressed and would love to purchase this again as well as try the larger size model. Great product for travel, journaling, thumbnailing and sketching! Kudos must be given to the cover - It's the Goldie Locks of covers; not too hard or too soft, giving great portability and durability. Top Pick in my book. Would highly recommend this sketchbook!

I have been a professional artist for more than 30 years and recently purchased ZenART Supplies’ sketchbook. This was not the first thing I've purchased from this online company and, as usual, I am more than impressed with the quality for the price. This sketchbook has a wonderfully textured PU Lether cover that is heavy enough to protect the pages within. The playful spots that dot the cover and the three exposed sides make the whole process of carrying and using the sketchbook even more fun. Now, we come to the most important part of a sketchbook, the paper. This paper is heavy, 120 gsm, and a light cream that did not affect my work at all. I made a sketch with graphite and loved the way the pencil slid across the smooth paper. It erased really well and I was able to draw and erase (with a rubber eraser) over and over with no damage to the paper. Then I tried a variety of Micron pens, a Prismacolor marker, Sharpies, gel pens and colored ink pens. While I had some bleed through with the Prismacolor marker, it was a brush style marker - I used the big end - and the color was Brick Red. I expected the saturation of ink would leave something behind. It doesn’t matter - everything else I tried worked fine. Including watercolor pencils. I sketched a simple idea of a vase and orchids and covered the paper with watercolor pencils. Then I used a wet, thirsty brush and created watercolor washes from them. The paper did not bleed through. The pages curled a little on the corners but I was able to gently turn them back down. This sketchbook comes with two ribbons to mark your place and a back envelope perfect to hold reference photos. In addition to the sketchbook, I've purchased ZenART Supplies’ bullet journal - that I absolutely love - their Oil/Acrylic brushes and their Infinity Oil Paints. I will keep coming back to ZenART Supplies for my art supply needs. They offer exceptional quality for a great value. Oh, and I like the fact that a portion of my purchase goes to Art in All of Us (AiA), a UNICEF partner whose focus is to bring art to children around the world in an effort for them to share their experiences and come to understand each other.

This book is just wonderful. the paper is just thick enough that ink doesnt bleed through (using caligraphic brush tips) — It will bleed though using alcohol marker though (Copic or even heavy prisma color use). The book folds flat easily, so you can actually use the spread without the thing folding back shut all the time or fighting to hold it open. OH! AND. (I loved this.) It's actually SEWN together. — not stapled, or glued. This is a really well made sketchbook. I do wish there was a variation that had some toothier paper for pastel or watercolor. The paper used is great. It's adequate for ink and other drawing media but it's quite smooth. Again, this is not a complaint, just my preference. The cover is tough, customizable (as in you can draw on it easily enough...it'll take just about any media) and flexible. Overall, its an unassuming, pocket-size (think cargo shorts or back pocket) sketchbook that has sixty (yes 60) pages, that won't fall apart on you. The packaging is more than most sketchbook manufacturers provide. The book itself had a band of heavy paper/cardboard wrapped around it, and the entire thing was covered in a shrink wrap of some sort — the packaging was adequately protecting the book, which, as previously stated, is really more than most companies do in shipping their sketchbooks. For the price and sheer quality, I'm switching from my usual order to these. They're easily half the price of what I usually get and they're bigger, at the same or better quality. Easy choice.

The book looks so nice, almost like a composition book which is what grabbed my attention. The pages are really smooth and take to pencil really well. The only reason I don't give it the full 5 starts is... when I use alcohol markers the copic brand works pretty well but literally every other type of marker takes differently. It's almost like it stains the paper. I use ball point pens and fineliners so it's not bad but a slight inconvenience if I want to add color.

My experience with the Zen Art Supplies B6 Sketchbook has been nothing but great! If I were to complain about anything, it would only be about how it didn't come in a courier box, it was delivered in bubble wrap packaging, but honestly, less waste! The amount of pages it has and the size of this product is perfect, I can take it with me anywhere! I wish they made smaller brush pens and pencils because then I could really art anywhere, but as this is a sketch book, it really is nice for blending and using a monochromatic kind of method. The creamy ivory color makes sure that whenever you do you color, or if you want to highlight with white, everything pops! It comes with 2 ribbon bookmarks, so if you want to work with to different projects at once, or you are referencing a picture you have already done, you can do so successfully! The cover is sturdy, made of leather, so you don't have to worry about it falling or tearing apart, and the pages are binded and stitched together to ensure a very secure sketchbook altogether. Buying this product, you definitely have no excuse of saying you're lugging around extra weight, or that its a waste of space! You will not regret buying this product, the delivery is so fast you will be able to sketch in no time.

I am in love! The quality of this sketchbook is great! I actually love this product way better than my current sketchbook which is a more expensive brand (I wont name names) that I have been using for years. The cover is textured and a little sturdier than other soft cover sketchbooks, but still bendable. It has a elastic strap to hold it closed when not in use, which none of my other sketchbooks have so that is really nice. I love the size, large enough to do good sized sketches but small enough to take on the go. It is a nice "squattier" shape, other sketchbooks are thinner and taller which I find awkward to work with. The pages a little thicker than most and smooth to the touch. They hold up to using inks and light watercolor great. If you use a bit of water it might bleed though, but for the most part they hold up. They lay completely flat and the spine can take some abuse bending the pages to lay flat. I don't think anything is going to fall apart any time soon. As I said at the beginning, this is a quality sketchbook!

What feedback do you have for the product and overall experience with the brand? I was so surprised by the size! (I could have measured it beforehand, but i didn’t, and i absolutely love it) it’s small, and cute, and convienently fits in your purse or backpack. I love the texture of the cover, and the pages are crisp and clean. Overall, the quality of this product is on par and the price is decent. I would recommend this to all of my artists friends and family. It’s a nice little book to have with you at all times, because you never know when the creativity will spark! The size is great, the texture is awesome, the pages don’t bleed, the book mark is simple, and the band holding book closed is a lifesaver when you have little items to store in your sketchbook. I love this product, and so far I’ve loved everything I’ve received from this brand. Clap clap for ZenArt!

I've used this sketchbook for years as my every day multi purpose personal notebook. What that actually amounts to is mostly a journal, sometimes a sketchbook. The paper is thick and sturdy, and feels creamy smooth to the touch. It's a great notebook. I don't go thru them quickly, maybe one every six months to a year. Prior to my most recent purchase, I had absolutely nothing negative to say about them. However, this time I opened it (with great anticipation at having a beautiful fresh book) and was immediately overpowered by an incredibly strong plastic/chemical odor. I can smell it from across the room, and I don't have a particularly sensitive sense of smell. I've bought several of these notebooks and they've NEVER had this problem before, so I'm concerned and disappointed. I'm hoping the smell will fade enough to pleasurably use it within a day or two. Update: The day it arrived, I made the mistake of laying it on a pillow which my partner uses to sleep at night and I could smell the strong odor of the notebook lingering on his pillow as I was trying to fall asleep. I had to change the pillowcase the next day. It's been a couple of days now and while the smell has dissipated to the point where I can no longer smell it across the room, the notebook is still unusable, as I can smell it when I am sitting next to it, and the odor lingers on my hands when I pick it up. I want to stress one more time that I do NOT have a particularly sensitive sense of smell. My sense of smell is completely ordinary. I'm sadly going to have to look into other sketchbook options in the future. It's not worth having to let the notebook sit out for so long before you can actually use it.

Buon prodotto, fogli sono resistenti anche usando pennarelli non passa il colore ed anche la copertina si piega con facilità per poi riprendendo la sua forma!

Förutom att förpackningen var skadad vilket hade både smutsat ner och fuktskadat boken hade alla sidor i boken veck och böjmärken.

Format idéal en ce qui me concerne, jolie présentation et fabrication de bonne qualité semble-t-il (sous réserve d'un usage intensif sur la durée que je ne peux pas encore évaluer). Mais le papier est très lisse, voire brillant, ce qui le rend impropre à la pratique du pastel sec, du fusain et de la sanguine et rend difficile la mise en aquarelle des croquis. Supporte bien le dessin à la plume. Très bien en revanche pour les crayons à la cire. Mais ça n'est pas ma technique de prédilection.

Primero me asusté! El gramaje es bastante más fino y satinado de lo que estoy acostumbrada a usar, así que casi me da un parraque después de gastarme ese dinero en una marca que desconocía. Compré este cuaderno porque mi cuaderno favorito es muy incómodo de llevar de arriba a abajo en la mochila. Después del susto inicial y una sensación ligera de decepción porque soy muy neurótica y fetichista con el papel, decidí darle una oportunidad y probarlo... Wow! Me ha encantado! He de decir que la forma en que acepta la acuarela es incluso mejor que la de mi cuaderno favorito y se abomba por la humedad bastante menos de lo que me esperaba con ese gramaje tan fino! Además de lo bueno que ha salido, es muy bonito. Enamorada!

Che bello! cosa posso dire di più. La copertina è elegante di un cartoncino spesso e robusto dalla finitura ruvida che lascia una piacevole sensazione. La carta è di buona qualità, non bianca ma di una tinta avorio chiaro, che per i bozzetti a mio parere è l'ideale. Ci sono due fettucce da usare come segna pagina ed una tasca nel retro copertina, utile per contenere un piccolo righello flessibile o qualche biglietto da visita. Completa il tutto il classico nastro elastico che fascia il quaderno. Il Formato B5 è la chiave per un prodotto comodo da usare e facile da trasportare in una valigetta o uno zaino. Io adotto questo formato da anni per mostrare i bozzetti e illustrazioni; Ve lo consiglio è impagabile.