UCREATEMixed Media Art Paper, Heavyweight, 9" x 12", 500 Sheets

This is thicker than your ordinary printer paper, but not as thick as great quality art paper, so it is perfect for stepped up kids art (less squiggles on page toddler art, more actual art you might hang on the fridge). You also get a lot of paper for a great price. My now teen uses this for sketching, drawing, and planning out artwork they might try on her more expensive higher quality paper. This has been used with watercolors to try some things out, but it is not as thick as true watercolor paper.

My 7 year old artist loves this paper for markers, oil pastels, pen, and colored pencil drawings. I bought it when I realized she'd be having her 1st grade year remote. We normally go through pricier pads of drawing paper quickly so this was a great deal for us. I did some drawing on it as well with colored pencil and was pleased with the quality. It's comparable in thickness to construction paper but has a more satisfying smoothness to it for markers. It does have a slight "tooth" but I'd classify it as a smooth paper.

My 12 year old son draws as a hobby and is constantly asking for supplies. He recently ran out of his Pacon U-Create 50-page pack that I had bought in twos (so he had 100 pages). I looked for Pacon paper here on Amazon and let him know I ordered him just one 50-page pack instead of two. He was a bit disappointed, but I told him I'd buy another later.Well imagine both of our shock when this came in the mail! No...I did not order a 50-page pack. I ordered a 500 page pack!! I didn't even realize this. He is so happy.The reason I went with Pacon is because this is some high-quality paper. It's sturdy, not too thin and not too thick. He can use anything on it from pencils to markers, to his acrylic paint pens.And because of my happy mistake, I won't have a need to order any more for a long time!

This is fantastic mixed media paper! I have two young artists who go through ten pages at a time each when they are creating. This is an uneatable bargain, considering the quality and quantity of the paper. I used to have to buy them new sketchpads so often, but this is my new go-to paper for my girls. 100% will buy again once we're done.UPDATE: I've purchased this pack twice now and am about to get a third. My two elementary school artists love this paper and fly through it at an insane rate! They've used: watercolors, tempera, gel crayons, regular crayons, markers, gel pens....all with great success. This is becoming a household staple for us.

I bought this paper for my creative 10 & 11 year olds so they would stop asking for my artist paper & canvases when their media didn’t hold up on the papers they had. This paper is perfect for that. Kids notice the paper feels smooth & “fancy”. I tested it out myself because it looked like it could be a good general practice paper. 11 year old saw my tester paper squiggles & was impressed with how it held up to everything.There was no feathering with any media I tried.Crayola Markers - great, I can even get blends. No bleeding through.Watercolor - blends well, buckles but much less than you’d expect, doesn’t soak through, not really for adults or teens looking to improve watercolor skills. Could be ok for quick work for an artist looking to get their idea down but has lots of other practice.Gel Pens - good, no indents. Smears but doesn’t take super long to dry.Microns - very good, no indents & almost no wait time for smudge free work.Acrylic/latex - holds a single layer decently, kind of like the water color, works for general creativity but not an artist honing their skills.Alcohol Markers - did not blend well & excessively soaked up. Wouldn’t recommend. The 11 year old was even able to pick out that was the only thing that didn’t work well on the paper.Crayon, Oil Pastel & Chalk - good, you can see the paper surface but it’s still smoothGraphite Pencils (artist grade) - good, laid down smooth and decent blend. I don’t have charcoal but suspect they would be good since the chalk did fine too.I will definitely buy this paper again for the kids and might find uses for it myself.

clean surface, decently smooth, and durably thick! takes india ink, alcohol markers, different paints, pencils, very well!I can get a fair amount of water on the paper before it starts to warp. for that reason i probably wouldn't recommend watercolor unless you're really confidant.i don't use much chalk or pastels so i dont know how smoothly it does with that, but hey! I've been impressed so far. this was just what i needed. a fat stack of dependable paper.

I usually give copy papers to kids for drawing. This summer kids have online art classes at home so I have to buy some drawing papers for them as teachers required. This paper is really thick. When it arrives, 500-pieces looks like as thick as three to four reams of copy paper. Kids used pen, pencils, color pencils, crayons, oil pastels, watercolor pens and watercolor on it. They draw every day and until now we use this for about one and half months. They keep telling me that the like it very much! I will recommend this for beginners of drawing.

I wanted to buy paper for my 4 y.o. daughter to play with. She loves to water color, use markers, and paint daubers and normal printer paper and construction paper are too flimsy. I wanted something that could hold paint without bleeding or running and a good price because she can easily go through 5-10 sheets one art session.This was perfect! It's a huge stack of paper, 500 sheets! It's sturdy enough that water colors spread and hold well without the paper getting soaked through and tearing. If you ware looking for paper for a young kid/toddler, this is perfect.