Strathmore 400 Series Toned Sketch Pads – Warm Tan, Cool Gray & Steel Blue

Strathmore 400 Series Toned Sketch Pads are a favorite among artists looking to explore both highlights and shadows in their sketching. Made from 100% recycled fibers, including 30% post-consumer waste, these 80 lb (118 gsm) acid-free papers offer an earthy toned surface ideal for sketching with both light and dark media.

Available in three versatile tones — Warm Tan, Cool Gray, and Steel Blue — these pads help your highlights pop and shadows deepen naturally, eliminating the need to tone your paper manually.

Perfect for graphite, chalk, charcoal, sketching sticks, markers, colored pencils, pens, and white gel pens.

Pad Features:

• 80 lb (118 g/m²) medium surface drawing paper

• Toned paper: Warm Tan, Cool Gray, or Steel Blue

• Ideal for light and dark media

• Acid-free, 100% recycled with 30% post-consumer fiber

• Wire-bound with micro-perforated sheets (except 5.5" x 8.5" sizes)

• Sheets are true to size when removed

• Made in the USA

Available Sizes:

• 5.5" x 8.5" (not micro-perforated)

• 9" x 12", 11" x 14", and more – all micro-perforated

Perfect For:

• Sketching and drawing

• Mixed media highlight/shadow studies

• Urban sketchers, students, illustrators, and comic artists