cartridge paper 15:36 Jan 7, 2015
Is thicker and stiffer than writing paper, and usually has a fairly smooth surface; it is the sort of paper typically used for technical drawings, back in the days when those were done with a pencil and rule! Its smooth surface is ideal for drawing with pencils (and as your context suggests also, felt-tip pens; peronally, I don't care for it for use with pastels, but each to their own! Watercolour paper tends to be slightly thicker, possibly rougher, and more absorbent, making it ideal for use with watercolour paints, which need to be able to soak in to create their besst effect; they would tend to almost just run off the surface of cartridge paper. 'papier Canson' is pretty close, but that's what I think we used at school to call 'drawing paper' — it was possibly slightly less smooth than proper cartridge paper, though I think the differneces I observed empirically may have been more differences between specific individual products than actual generic ones. 'papier calque' usually refers to some kind of (more or less) translucent tracing paper. |