HIMI Gouache Pad 8.5X8.5''(98lb/160g) 50 Sheets Mix Paper Pad, Side Wire Bound, Fine Texture, in Gouache Acrylic Art Pad for Sketching, Ink Sketch Book, Art Supplies Drawing Pad Gift （Green）

This sketchbook has the pages glued down, which is awesome for lessening page warping. The paper is also a nice thickness.I used Niji gouache and acrylic markers to test the paper! Overall, I like the sketchbook.

Great pad for my paints! Nice thick pages

Very pretty book, the pages do still warp a little even though they’re bound all around. I do like this for practice and play with not only gouache but also mixed media. The page texture is similar to hot press paper and lends itself to finer details.

Nice, smooth paper block for gouache. Not the same as watercolor paper but works well for gouache.

I was looking forward to this pad - I just got the HIMI gouache set and I love how it'd looked on other paper, but was having issues with curling so I was excited to move to this pad. However, the pages are all stuck together and are tearing. I'm wondering it it got too hot/cold and fused together. I returned the first pad and ordered another, but I'm having the same problem. By design, I know that the pages need to be opened with a palette knife, but even after i do this there is no clean separation, and the pages keep tearing off a portion of the next.

Super great notebook! Paper is thick and never runs through.

Exactly as described and good quality, especially for the price!

I love this sketchbook for my gouache painting.