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PAPERS Stonehenge Stonehenge is a fine-art paper and a favorite among colored pencil artists. It’s quite soft and is most suited to waxier pencils, such as Prismacolor and Derwent® Coloursoft pencils. It comes in a range of neutral and pastel colors and in two weights: 90-lb. (250gsm) and 120-lb. (320gsm), and it’s available in individual sheets and an assortment of pad sizes and colors. This paper is made from 100- percent cotton fibers and is acid-free. It’s a good option if you prefer working with lots of light layers of Prismacolors. Watercolor Paper Watercolor paper, as the name suggests, is developed for use with watercolor paints, but it also makes an excellent surface for colored pencils. It’s made via three different processes: handmade, mouldmade, and machine-made, with handmade considered the highest quality. It also comes in three different textures: • Hot-pressed is the smoothest of all the watercolor papers and most suitable for colored pencils if you want to avoid a lot of the paper texture showing through in your work. • Cold-pressed (or “Not”) is more textured and better suited for watercolor work than finely detailed colored pencil work. However, you can still achieve interesting results on this paper if you prefer to work in a looser style and like the texture of the paper showing through in your drawings. • Rough paper has the most texture and isn’t suitable for colored pencil work. Illustration Board & Bristol Board Like watercolor paper, illustration board comes in different surfaces and weights. Hot-pressed is the smoothest and is best for detailed work; cold-pressed has more tooth and is best for mixedmedia work, or when you want to work with a more textured surface. Illustration board generally only has one workable surface and is not usually archival, so it’s best for work that will be scanned, rather than artworks that are to be sold or kept for a long time. Unlike illustration board, Bristol board has two workable surfaces, and the better-quality Bristol board is archival and acid-free. It comes in two surfaces: smooth, which is like a hot-pressed surface, and regular or vellum, which has slightly more texture.