The general consensus of most artists is that any hot pressed watercolour paper is suitable for hyper-realism. As long as the paper’s weight is higher than 80 – 90lbs, 140gsm the graphite can be adequately layered and removed if required. The heavier the paper the thicker it will be. ...
A copper plate is covered thinly with soft-ground; a non drying wax which is resistant to acid. Any textured object pressed onto the wax will pull the wax off when removed and leave an approximation of its texture. Placing paper over the plate and drawing on it will therefore create textur...
So, the pencil case was bought for me by my elder sister when she was in Tokyo a couple of years ago. It’s probably a bit nice to be a pencil case, but I was travelling a lot for work at the time, so it was pressed into service! What’s in it?This may be waaay too much ...