Strathmore 400 Series Recycled Toned Grey Book

A toned grey drawing surface changes the way you approach values because the paper itself provides a middle tone. Instead of building every value from white paper, artists can work by adding both darker marks and lighter highlights, making it useful for portraits, figure studies and tonal sketches.

The recycled grey paper is suited to a range of dry media, including graphite, coloured pencil, charcoal and pastel. The different formats allow the book to be used for portable sketching, regular practice or larger studies and compositions.

Specification	Details
Brand	Strathmore
Series	400 Series
Product Type	Recycled Toned Grey Drawing Book
Paper Type	Recycled Drawing Paper
Paper Colour	Toned Grey
Surface	Drawing Surface
Media	Graphite, coloured pencil, charcoal, pastel, gel pen, marker and dry media
Suitable For	Sketching, tonal studies, figure drawing, portraits, illustration and visual development
Available Sizes	5.5 x 8.5 inch; 9 x 12 inch; 11 x 14 inch

Q: What is the Strathmore 400 Series Recycled Toned Grey Book?
A: It is a drawing book made with recycled toned grey paper for sketching, illustration, tonal studies and dry-media artwork.

Q: What is the advantage of toned grey paper?
A: The grey surface acts as a middle value, allowing artists to develop both darker shadows and lighter highlights directly on the page.

Q: What media can be used on the toned grey paper?
A: It is suitable for graphite, coloured pencil, charcoal, pastel, gel pens, markers and other dry media.

Q: Is the paper recycled?
A: Yes. The book uses recycled toned grey drawing paper.

Q: Is this paper suitable for portrait drawing?
A: Yes. The mid-value grey surface is useful for portraits, figure studies and drawings that require clear highlight and shadow relationships.

Q: Can white highlights be added to the paper?
A: Yes. Light-coloured drawing media can be used to build highlights against the toned grey surface.

Q: Is the book suitable for charcoal?
A: Yes. The toned drawing surface can be used with charcoal and other dry sketching media.

Q: What sizes are available?
A: The book is available in 5.5 x 8.5 inch, 9 x 12 inch and 11 x 14 inch formats.

Q: Is this suitable for everyday sketching?
A: Yes. The toned grey paper is useful for regular sketching, studies, idea development and visual practice.

Q: What is the Strathmore 400 Series known for?
A: Strathmore 400 Series papers are designed for artists and are available across a range of surfaces and formats for drawing and mixed-media applications.

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