Types of Drawing Papers/Surfaces

CarlyHardy · #1 09-17-2004, 11:18 PM

An excellent article by Murray (artdude) which defines many of the art papers and gives ideas on how each can be utilized with the various drawing mediums.

Thanks Murray....and to all your fellow WC! artists who contributed with their input!

You'll find the article at

Types of Drawing Papers/Surfaces and on the front page of WC!

carly

Jet · #2 09-18-2004, 07:58 AM

Thanks for the heads up , Carly....

As a newbie, hadn't realized, How Important the type of paper is for the kind of result one is seeking...

In my ample ignorance, I have disregarded that notion, hence my poor results with the accompanying frustration and hair pilling sessions as well.....

Here, Alfredart has been patiently showing some of his 'tricks of the trade', and among those there are some fine papers he has shown his art pieces on, so we're having a ring-side learning show every week...

Thanks to all willing to lend some of their time for shedding some of our ignorance away !!!

Regards

MonicaB · #3 09-18-2004, 06:45 PM

Great article, Murray! Thanks for pulling all that together.

Stoy Jones · #4 09-20-2004, 01:25 AM

Murray, wow! You really fleshed this out, excellent job!!

Chock full of info and a great read.

Stoy

Morganna · #5 09-20-2004, 01:45 PM

Thanks Dude!

I have been waiting for such an artical my whole life!

maybe not my whole life but a long time. It was very informative, and I love your research in other WC member testimonial.

Id like to see more of that in the future from folks.

I needed somthing like this. They can get confusing! Every time I turned around it seemed there was a new paper I've never heard of. Allot of my lessons were learned the hard way too. Like the giant sketch book for 8 bucks at borders. Just because It said acid free I went bargain happy. Well, its the most miseryble paper on the face of the planet. Drawing is possible, but makes the process painfully agravating when your paper sucks

We all needed your artical. Thank you for taking the time to write it for us.

your a saint!

Morgie

artdude · #6 09-21-2004, 11:33 AM

Thanks for your comments people

Hope this article will be helpful to those of you looking to try new papers for your drawings

Murray
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artdude · #7 09-24-2004, 09:32 PM

Just thought I would *BUMP* this up one more time for those of you who haven't seen the article yet

Murray
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JayD · #8 09-24-2004, 10:21 PM

Artdude, great article and an EXCELLENT reference source. Thank you very much. YUPO, by the way, is VERY interesting--it is a "synthetic" paper and currently generates a hot bed of argument among watercolorists as to whether it is acceptable to use such paper in competition. I am in the YUPO camp.

And Stonehenge--a printer's paper--is marvelous for cp because it has the ablility to take and hold many many layers. My bone of contention with it is that you have to FORCE yourself to tread lightly (as in light touch) as it impresses easily. If you use the impressed technique in your graphite drawing then this paper is for you.

I generally like Bristol,Stonehenge, and YUPO and various assortments of watercolor, especially Arches which I recently discovered.

I don't like Mi-Tientes but I am open to playing with it again thanks to the comments in your article.

This article is like preface to a good cookbook--it tells you what the utensils are for and how to use them. Thanks again!

artdude · #9 09-25-2004, 09:20 PM

THANKS JayD

Glad you liked the article

Haven't tried Yupo, can't seem to find any yet

Murray
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JayD · #10 09-25-2004, 09:24 PM

You just have to look harder--that is the darndest stuff to locate--Dick Blick had some and I got some from a place where I got my stonehenge at artpaper.com--you might want to try there.

geof · #11 09-29-2004, 05:08 PM

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Originally Posted by artdude

THANKS JayD

Glad you liked the article

Haven't tried Yupo, can't seem to find any yet

Hi,

I got my Yupo from Cheap Joes -- it is listed in speciality papers.

Great article by the way. Really enjoyed reading it.

siberart · #12 09-29-2004, 06:24 PM

Thank you for putting everything we need to know in one place. Very well done and I will refer to it often.

loulou · #13 10-01-2004, 12:43 PM

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Originally Posted by artdude

Haven't tried Yupo, can't seem to find any yet

Try Curry's: http://www.currys.com/paper/prodinfo...D=4081&catID=7

+ a demo: http://www.currys.com/knowledge/abstract.asp
and: http://www.currys.com/knowledge/sunflower.asp

Great Canadian art supllier, free shipping over $25.-

Thanks for the paper input !!
Loulou

artdude · #14 10-01-2004, 07:10 PM

THANKS for all the kudos people

I'll look into that art supply web site loulou. THANKS!!

Murray
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TransplantedRose · #15 10-03-2004, 03:04 PM

Would recommend making a sample book of papers and mediums used to experiment and refer to just like a typical color wheel exercise. Share paper(s) with friends for samples and draw same exercise on different papers first with soft than hard pencils, colored pencils, pastels- both soft & oil, ink, marking pens, etc. Keep as library book and record type of paper, source for purchase, pros & cons of usage with medium, etc.

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