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 the 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.
Maxon paper |
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.
Maxon
From the
Japanese company Holbein that also produce great colored pencils among other
things.
I bought this
paper in Okinawa (Japan). I can not read or understand any of the information
on the package, so I do not know the weight of the paper, but I guess it to be
between 135-170 gsm. The package includes 40 sheets and the papers are A4 sized.
It has blue lines and rulers on the paper that I guess will not show up in a
scanner.
The paper is
white with a warm yellow tone. It isn’t as smooth as most thicker marker paper,
so it absorbs the ink a little more compared to other marker paper.
Maxon marker paper |
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. However, on Maxon marker paper the darker colors stay a bit darker
compared to other thicker papers. Contrast are therefore a little bit easier to
achieve. All vibrant colors stay vibrant enough. Some colors can look a bit
milky (which is also common on thicker paper).
The paper
will bleed through the next page. This is however easy to overcome by putting a
paper you don’t value underneath.
Drawing in Maxon paper |
Conclusion:
I think this is an ok paper. But not more than so.
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