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

[syntheid]

I'm not much into markers but from what I know you need a pretty heavy weight paper, smooth tooth, and not too absorbent (don't get watercolor paper! mixed media might be okay but from what I know might still pull a lot more ink from the marker than you want, causing them to run out faster). Typically marker artists seem to use things like cardstock, bristol, and some specialty marker papers that have coatings on the back to prevent bleedthrough (crescent rendr, copic makes a marker paper, etc). But cardstock's probably the cheapest-- when I did some marker art I used that. It's not really going to come in a pad though, I think, they largely come in like loose papers.

[sexycazzy]

Thanks for the advice and suggestions. :D I appreciate you taking the time to do that. (smile)