The Strathmore 300 Series Newsprint Pad contains a rough natural-toned newsprint paper for sketching and preliminary drawing. This pad is perfect for gesture sketching in graphite, charcoal, colored pencil, and sketching sticks and is a great way to hone your artistic skills while tracking your progress over time. Paper is our art form, and we celebrate artists. We have kept the tradition of creating beautiful, high-performing papers alive for over 125 years. Choice of paper is one of the most important decisions an artist makes in determining the outcome of their work. No matter your choice of medium, you can be confident Strathmore paper will enhance your artistic efforts.