Mont Marte Black Paper Sketch Pads have 25 sheets of 140gsm, acid free, textured black paper. Black paper is a marvelously versatile medium which can be used with a huge range of sketching media and craft projects. This paper has a very fine tooth suited to soft pastels, hard pastels, oil pastels, white charcoal, metallic and colored pencils. The sheets are tape bound and supported by a 2mm thick backing board. Mont Marte Black Paper Sketch Pads also give a helping hand to the beginner artist with practical tips for drawing on black paper on the inside cover.