

🎨 Compact power for limitless creativity — carry your muse everywhere!
The Talens Art Creation Sketchbook in Lake Blue is a compact, hard-bound 12x12 cm sketchbook featuring 80 sheets of 140 g/m² acid-free cream paper. Designed for versatility, it supports a wide range of mediums including pencil, pastel, acrylic, gouache, ink, and charcoal. Its durable construction and premium paper quality make it ideal for artists on the go seeking archival-grade results.










| ASIN | B08BDF3RLR |
| Batteries required | No |
| Best Sellers Rank | 24,563 in Home & Kitchen ( See Top 100 in Home & Kitchen ) 106 in Drawing Pads & Books |
| Customer Reviews | 4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars (543) |
| Date First Available | 1 Feb. 2022 |
| Item model number | T9314-214M_SML |
| Item weight | 190 Grams |
| Product Dimensions | 12 x 12 x 2 cm; 190 g |
C**E
Nice Quality
It's well-made and great for my doodle art. I love the colour, size and paper thickness/texture. No bleed through for fine lines with Uni/Pigma pens, but a bit of bleed through/shadow with thicker pens/brushes. This doesn't bother me enough to fault it, as it's fine once the other page has been doodled on, but it might to others. Oh & alcohol markers will defo bleed through and be a two-for-one image.
M**K
lovely little sketch book, nice quality smooth paper works for posca pens
These are my favourite little sketch books, the paper is very smooth and thin but good quality. They work well to use with posca pens with very little bleed through. lots of pages, great for travel to slot in a pocket or a small bag. The cover on mine is still pristine even after being taken on a lot of journeys. It's really good value.
S**S
Compact sketchbook
Very nice little sketchbook. The paper is smooth and fairly thick. Sakura pens don't show through. Perfect for daily sketching.
I**S
Good but...
Lovely sketchbook for coloured pencils, fine liners and journalling. In my opinion, it's not suitable for watercolour as the paper warps easily and sometimes shows through to the other side of the paper. Go for 200gsm+ if you're after a watercolour sketchbook. This paper is creamy and not white which I like, gives my pages more depth and it takes polychromos pencils so well. I have only removed a star because I just don't find it suitable for watercolour but the descriptions states it is.
R**H
So good I bought a second one
I love this little sketch book so much. It’s a great size for travel, the paper is a decent thickness and is great to draw on.
N**N
Super little art book.
I'm really pleased with this little art book. I used fine liner pens and acrylic paints and no bleed through. Will definitely purchase another when I've filled the pages of this one.
O**I
Nice sketch book
Great size, love a square sketch book. Pages are decent enough. Unsure about bleed through so far as I've not used anything to mark that would. Pages can be opened properly no matter which page, certainly better than other books I've used. Cover is sturdy, nice bright colour to really see in my bag! I'd buy it again.
A**E
Good quality
Perfect size and quality for my son to keep in his (larger) pockets for impromptu sketches & ideas.
C**T
I love these sketchbooks, the paoer is great and the size is perfect to pop into my bag so I always have one.
P**G
Questo sketchbook è veramente carino, la carta è di buona qualità e robusto
A**R
Great quality and perfect format for little pieces of creativity.
A**Y
The Royal Talens Art Creation sketchbook comes in a cute small format which I find to be perfect for quick sketching and practicing and it's also easy to fit in any bag. The paper is smooth, not textured, and pretty yellow, meaning it will alter the color of your artwork if you're using more transparent media like watercolor or alcohol markers. The book is mixed media so I tried out different art supplies to test it: Acrylic paint & markers: I find them to work great on the paper and had no issues with them. Watercolor: I tested the watercolor next to a sheet of regular white watercolor paper. In comparison, the colors came out a bit less brilliant but not significantly. The sketchbook paper however warped quite a bit and disintegrated slightly where I used a lot of water. I also found that it dried quicker than the watercolor paper and blending was harder to do. Alcohol marker: The only medium that bled through the pages (as expected). This paper is not my favorite when it comes to working with alcohol ink. Unless you layer a lot/use a lot of ink to saturate the paper, it goes on patchy and is very hard to blend. Also the yellow of the paper shows through a lot (see comparison to white paper on my attached image). Overall I like this sketchbook and think it's worth it. I just wouldn't recommend it if your main art medium is alcohol markers.
Y**L
Bought this as my new travel sketchbook and absolutely love it! It is small and light, the paper quality is great and the colour of the cover is exactly as specified! Love it
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