The Strathmore Visual Journal Drawing 23 x 31 cm is more than just a drawing pad. It is a personal space for creative freedom, designed for artists who want to sketch, experiment, collect ideas, and let their process unfold without limits.
With its larger 23 x 31 cm (9" x 12") format, it gives you more room for composition, idea development, layering, more comfortable sketching, and fuller journal pages. It is ideal for creators who love the concept of a journal but do not want to feel boxed into a smaller surface. This size gives you real space to move, build, and think visually.
The journal includes 84 pages / 42 sheets of 163gsm (100lb) paper with a Medium surface. This is a high-performance drawing paper designed to handle techniques that are often associated with heavier sheets. It is excellent for pencil, colored pencil, and charcoal, and also performs very well with pastels, markers, pen and ink, light mixed media techniques, and collage.
The medium surface offers a pleasing balance of texture and control, allowing materials to grip well without feeling too rough or too restrictive. It is the kind of paper that supports classic drawing beautifully but also welcomes experimentation when you want to push beyond the basics.
Its 360° spiral binding makes it especially practical for everyday use, allowing the journal to open completely flat so you can work comfortably wherever you are — at your desk, in class, while traveling, or wherever inspiration decides to show up uninvited. The removable outer covers reveal a second hard cover underneath, giving the journal both protection and a stable working surface.
It is also acid free, helping your artwork stay clean and preserved over time. Whether you use it for daily sketching, art journaling, personal records, manga, illustration, memory keeping, or mixed media play, this Visual Journal does not try to dictate your process. It simply gives you the room to create.
👉 Features:
- Paper weight: 163 g/m² (100 lb.)
- Surface: Medium
- Pages: 84 (42 sheets)
- Excellent for: pencil, colored pencil, charcoal
- Very good for: pastels, markers, pen & ink, light mixed media techniques, collage
- Acid free
- Size: 23 x 31 cm (9" x 12")
- 360° spiral binding
- Removable covers with a second hard cover underneath
👍 Ideal for:
- daily journaling
- sketching and idea exploration
- art journaling & memory keeping
- illustration, cartoon, manga, and creative drawing
- mixed media techniques
- collage and personal creative records
- artists who want more space without limits
✨ Inspiration Tip:
Start each page with no plan at all — add a random color, glue down a small scrap of paper, make a doodle. Very often, the strongest ideas and most honest pages begin in those first spontaneous seconds.
💡 What is Visual Journaling?
It’s whatever you want it to be — a blank canvas for ideas, memories, sketches, stories, experiments, photos and all the little bits of life you want to keep. A space without rules, where imperfection is welcomed and creativity flows naturally. Pens meet brushes, colored pencils meet collage scraps, and every page becomes uniquely yours.
