The Strathmore 400 Series Toned Mixed Media Pad – Steel Blue is a premium toned mixed media pad with 300gsm paper and a medium vellum surface, ideal for artists working with light, shadow, and layered tonal values. Suitable for both wet and dry media such as watercolor, gouache, acrylics, graphite, pastel, and colored pencil, it provides a ready-made steel blue surface that enhances highlights, shadows, and more expressive compositions.