I am so glad I finally bought this notebook. I do a lot of "Urban Sketching" and have tried many different notebooks. This has all the elements I needed. First and foremost, the quality of the paper is very high. Washes and inks don't bleed through, you can use the next page, and even the back of the used ones! Next it has a nice firm cover, you can sketch, draw, paint, with it in your hand without it bending, yet it is not so thick as to make it bulky. In addition it is an excellent size. It is bound so you can work portrait style on a single page, or flat open for a really wide landscape picture. It is also a sewn binding so it makes a continuous picture that way. The rounded corners save my clothes and bags from the wear and tear of the usual sharp corners.