This top-bound pad of 250gsm grained sheets is perfect for use with a range of medias and for mixed media work, including but not limited to acrylic, watercolour, gouache, ink, pencil, charcoal, felt-tip, markers, soft pastels and oil pastels. Allowing for a huge amount of versatility and potential. The heavy 250gsm paper has a medium grain and is acid free as well as PEFC certified. This means the paper has more tooth for catching and maintaining marks. This pad includes 20 sheets and measures 29.7 x 42cm.Clairefontaine actively participates in the development of French forests, by managing several hundred hectares of fir and spruce trees in the Vosges mountains. With regards to the paper mill itself in the Etival Clairefontaine region, it is still as dynamic 150 years after its conception. Self-sufficient for 80% of its own biological installations for water treatment, and has been rewarded a "Water trophy" by the State.