Prelude
I have compared 45 different papers for markers. I have not
included papers that are not specified for markers by the company that produce
them. It is not uncommon that an art store will market a paper as a
marker-paper but if you look at the brands homepage they are not label as a
marker paper. But with that said, a lot of other kinds of paper can work very
well with markers, for example watercolor paper (even though they will “eat”
the ink in the marker a lot faster than any other paper). I also tried some
Japanese sumi-e paper with good and interesting result. I might write
more about that in the future. For now, this is a marker paper review.
The theory and method for thicker marker paper
I started with some small samples to se color saturation and
value, bleeding and feathering. On thicker paper it is common to se colors
becoming milky as well.
I am a firm believer in working the paper as you normally would,
to be able to fully understand the potential the paper has, so I decided to do a
drawing on every paper.
I especially wanted to test the blending and layering abilities.
With blending I mean that I work wheat in wheat, and with layering I let the
ink dry before I put another layer on top.
Before I started my drawing I wrote down the name of the brand
on the paper. I then covered the name so I wouldn't se which paper I was
working on. I wanted it to be a blind test.
I have earlier tried to do the exact same drawing but found that
this only works if you compare two or three of them. When you compare many
items (as I have done earlier; I compared 30 markers, and now I compare a lot
of papers) the chances are huge that the first couples of drawings are a less
good than the following (because you are learning) and the last ones are pretty
bad because it get so monotonous that it is very difficult to do a good job. At
least that is true for me. I therefore chose to draw every drawing different
but in the same manner and use the same subject (in this case, one girl stood
model for all drawings). I also chose to use the same colors for the face and
hair on every drawing.
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| Bee paper |
Bee paper Aquabee Manga artist pad 180
g/m2
This paper,
that is made in USA, is acid free and availably in pads (11”x14”)
On the
front they have written: Recommended for use with Copic Markers. They call
their papers “Artist grade papers”.
On the
inside cover there are some sketches ideas.
This is a
white and very smooth paper.
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| The inside |
On all of
the thicker paper that I have tried, markers behave differently than on the
thinner marker paper. Even if all markers change in value on all kinds of
paper, the problem is more obvious on thicker paper. The value changes are more
than just one degree. Vibrant colors usually stay true, but darker colors can
loose a lot. Bee paper is no exception; it is hard to get some dark colors real
dark. But this is mostly true on a bit duller darker colors. The black I used
on the sketch looks great. All vibrant colors look beautiful. Some colors can
become very milky especially when I layer a lot. Also some colors look a bit
grainy.
This paper holds
the ink perfect, there are absolute no bleeding out or feathering. This makes
it very easy to save your white spots (something that normally is difficult).
The blending capacity is very good.
Conclusion:
this is a good paper. It isn’t my absolute favorite among thicker paper, but
I will continue to use it.
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| Drawing made on Bee paper |
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| Color samples on Bee paper |
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