Drawing Paper
Drawing is the basis of painting, it is a framework. The surface of the paper determines the fineness of detail and the range of value of pencil art. For any kind of drawing paper has to be used, it should be kept dry and good quality ink has to be use, which will be appropriate and make a thick line that will not have the sharp, clean edges necessary to make lines look great. Drawing paper is made in various qualities, kinds, and forms, as follows:
The sizes and names of paper made in sheets are:
* Uncle Sam, 48 × 120"
* Cap, 13 × 16 inches
* Medium, 22 × 17 "
* Royal, 24 × 19 "
* Super Royal, 27 × 19 "
* Elephant, 28 × 22 "
* Demy, 20 × 15 "
* Columbier, 34 × 23 "
* Theorem, 34 × 28 "
* Antiquarian, 52 × 31 "
* Emperor, 40 × 60 "
* Imperial, 30 × 21 "
* Double Elephant, 40 × 26 "
* Atlas, 33 × 26”
The thickness of the sheet increases with their size. Some sheets of paper are hot pressed, to give a smoother surface, and thus enable cleaner-edged lines to be drawn. For large drawings paper is made in rolls of various widths, but as rolled paper is troublesome to lay flat upon the drawing board, it is recommended to the learner to obtain the sheets, which may be laid sufficiently flat by means of broad headed pins which are called thumb tacks. These are forced through the paper into the board at each corner. On account of the large diameter of the stems of these thumb tacks, which improperly slice and damage the board, and on account also of their heads, by reason of their thickness, coming in the way of the square blade, it will be found preferable to use the smallest sizes of ordinary iron tacks, with flat heads, whose stems are much finer and heads much thinner than thumb tacks.