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Pen and Magic Marker
I have some new paper on a small sketching book that I use. It’s known as stone paper, from Karst
“Stone paper is a durable, waterproof, and eco-friendly, tree-free alternative to traditional paper, made from approximately 80% calcium carbonate (limestone waste) and 20% HDPE plastic. It uses no water or bleach in production, is tear-resistant, and provides a smooth, friction-free writing surface. It is commonly used for notebooks and, via Karst Goods, YouTube and Amazon sketchpads.”
Was sketching, this paper is very unusual because it doesn’t take water. I didn’t really have an explanation when I bought this, I was really looking for watercolour paper and I looked at the weight of the stone paper and it’s about two 20 g/m² which I thought would be great for watercolours. It turns out that the paper is actually waterproof, I wasn’t given a good explanation. I bought it but doing some research today. I found out that it’s made out of calcium carbide limestone waste and a little bit of plastic. Now that explains quite a lot.
and a little bit of plastic. Now that explains quite a lot.
What I have found if I use a regular ball point pen it goes on this stone paper very well, extremely black. I’ve also tried experimenting with using an alcohol based magic marker on top of this paper. What I found is that not only does it not leak through the paper but it also picks up the pen and allows you to use that ink from the ball point as a shading. The first time I used this it came out far too dark for me.
I thought I’d share my latest sketch and explain a little bit more about how I got the effect.
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