Review: Fabriano Black Black Drawing Paper (300gsm)

Nope, you will find no typo. This paper is named the Fabriano Black Black.

According to Fabriano:

Fabriano Black Black is a assortment of uncoated cardboards manufactured of ECF cellulose pulp. This paper is characterized by a extremely deep black color owing to the significant good quality and lightfast pigments made use of for its generation.

The paper can be employed for pastel, colour pencils, markers, passe-partout and portfolio displays.

Paper excess weight available are 300, 370, 460 and 680 gsm.

The paper is obtainable as sheets measuring 50 x 70cm, and as pads glued on a one side with these measurement selections: 20×20 cm, 21×29.7 cm (A4), 24×32 cm, 29,7×42 cm (A3) and 42×59.4 cm (A2).

This is my to start with time drawing on black paper and the assumed procedure is very various from drawing or painting on white paper. You can see with this sketch I am nevertheless making use of my typical line drawing design and style. I have utilised colored pencils and Zig pigment markers for this sketch.

The paper has easy wonderful grain texture and performs very well with coloured pencils, opaque inks and markers.

If your pencils or inks are not opaque sufficient, the black of the paper will continue to present by way of. The black, as the identify of the products implies, is black black.

This is not watercolour paper so it’s not in a position to just take wet media. Black watercolour paper does exists, this kind of as Stonehenge Aqua Black and Somerset Black Velvet Paper. So get the suitable paper for the media you use.

Fabriano Black Black is excellent for dry media and opaque markers.

If you might be seeking for black drawing paper, the Fabriano Black Black is superior and very satisfying to attract on. Pricing is rather affordable as well. At time of critique, it is really US $9.82 for a 9 x 12-inch pad with 20 sheets on Blick Art Components.

By the way, you can find also Fabriano White White paper as well. lol. Can not hold out for them to arrive up with Cream Cream and Brown Brown.

Availability

You can uncover the paper on Jackson’s Art (British isles) and Blick Art Materials.