sketch pad suggestions / advice

[sexycazzy]

Hello, hope you all are well during these strange times.

I've been doing some drawings/colouring lately (I've done two new ones which I will share later this week!)

However, the cards I've been using has run out. However, I have been using a different sketch pad but no tear out but found myself disappointed with the quality. There are some bleeding around the lines when I use the sketch markers (pictured below) while the ones I used for the Prompt Bingo Challenge (29) didn't have any bleeding around the lines. Also, the colours on the sketch pad are not as bright as the cards.

I use:




I would like your suggestions for a tear-out sketch pad with this size (pictured below)



Thank you in advance for your suggestions/advice.

Comments

[yhlee]

Yes, I was about to ask the measurements of your sketch cards? There's no way to tell scale on your photo, alas!

I'm not familiar with that brand of sketch markers but I've used Shinhan and currently use Copics when I use markers. If you're okay with bleedthrough to the back, Deleter and Copic papers are good but very thin and available in A4. If you need something thicker, Strathmore is pretty good, very smooth, and available in a range of sizes.

[sexycazzy]

I don't mind bleedthrough on the back of paper. These are some good suggestions. I already have a good quality A4 paper, but as yet haven't used them for drawing/colouring although I have used scraps from that paper for testing colours and so far it looks good.

I will have a look at Strathmore - thank you for the suggestion! :D

[yhlee]

Good luck and happy arting! I forgot to mention--Strathmore specifically has a marker paper that I like a lot, although I usually use it with dip pen and ink. Their Bristol is probably also reasonably good with marker but I can test that this weekend and get back to you.