Drawing Exercises

What is the best drawing paper?

hi, im wonder what paper is better for drawing, : arches hot pressed. stongenge or the strathmore 500 drawing series. im from mexico, but here is hard to find this paper, im going to buy one of these three options so i need the best refrence of this. thanks

Public Comments

1. well it really depends on what media you're using. like if you're drawing with charcoal, i would use 100% cotton acid-free, and heavily sized paper. If you draw with ink, you might want to consider bristol board. drawing with graphite, i'd recommend a rougher textured paper so it doesn't smear as much, unless you are good at fine details and know how to work with smoother paper. strathmore makes pretty good paper, and so does moleskine, but they are slightly more expensive.