Suitable for both wet and dry techniques: Watercolour, Tempera, Acrylic, Ink as well as Pastels, Charcoal, Coloured pencils, Graphite. Suitable also as a travel book.Thread bound (stitched), gauze spliced, straight spine. The front page of the blue cover is light blue, and the black cover has a light grey front page. 160 gsm cold pressed machine mould-made paper, with high pigment bonding, double coated, its made of pure ECF Cellulose and 35% cotton, acid-free (pH 8-9.0), no chlorine bleach, ISO 9706 "long life".