FINE ART PAPERS GUIDE 100 Series • 200 Series • Vision • 300 Series • 400 Series • 500 Series make something real For over 125 years Strathmore® has been providing artists with the finest papers on which to create their artwork. Our papers are manufactured to exacting specifications for every level of expertise. 100 100 Series | Youth SERIES Ignite a lifelong love of art. Designed for ages 5 and up, the paper types YOUTH and features have been selected to enhance the creative process. Choice of paper is one of the most important 200 Series | Good decisions an artist makes 200SERIES Value without compromise. Good quality paper at a great price that’s economical enough for daily use. The broad range of papers is a great in determining the GOOD starting point for the beginning and developing artist. outcome of their work. Color, absorbency, texture, weight, and ® Vision | Good STRATHMORE size are some of the more important Let the world see your vision. An affordable line of pads featuring extra variables that contribute to different high sheet counts and durable construction. Tear away fly sheets reveal a artistic effects. Whether your choice of vision heavyweight, customizable, blank cover made from high quality, steel blue medium is watercolor, charcoal, pastel, GOOD mixed media paper. Charcoal Paper in our 300, 400 and 500 Series is pencil, or pen and ink, you can be confident that manufactured with a traditional laid finish making we have a paper that will enhance your artistic them the ideal foundation for this medium. The efforts. Our papers are manufactured to exacting laid texture provides a great toothy surface for specifications for every level of expertise. building layers of pastel color. 300 Series | Better Better quality paper designed for quick studies Newsprint is a lightweight, economical paper comes in many textures and 300SERIES Discover the difference. Pastel Paper and the practice of techniques with any media, as well as final artwork by meant for warm up exercises, practice, and shades to create the ideal background for pastel BETTER beginning or student artists. preliminary sketching. paintings. Our 400 Series contains sheets ranging from subtle tints to deep fiber-enhanced colors. Sketch Paper is a lighter weight paper that The 500 Series allows the artist to choose from is great for experimentation and practice of a full range of 28 colors. The surfaces of these techniques. 200, Vision, and 300 Series are papers are great for soft or hard pastels, quality papers for the student and beginning oil pastels, and charcoal. 400 Series | Best artist at an economical price. Draw on experience. Best quality with superior sheet formation, harder combines the true wet media surfaces, and a variety of textures that work with a wider range of media Mixed Media Paper is available in each of our Series performance of watercolor paper with the finish and styles. Perfect for advanced artists. Drawing Paper levels from 200 to 500. Students and beginners of a drawing sheet for a complete range of mixed usually start with the 200, Vision, or 300 Series, media applications. 400 SERIES then move up to and 400 Series when they need BEST more stringent performance features. 500 Series Watercolor Paper is manufactured to exacting 400 Series Recycled | Best is our professional grade drawing paper made specifications, acid free, and buffered to neutralize Best quality recycled paper containing Conserve without compromise. with 100% cotton fiber. This drawing paper has the acid compounds absorbed from the atmosphere post-consumer fiber that is rated Grade A for cleanliness. Strathmore® toughest surface and will take repeated erasures or formed through natural aging. We offer a supports environmental solutions that don’t compromise paper and reworking. complete range of these papers in surfaces to performance, appearance, or price. Perfect for advanced artists. complement any technique and level of expertise. Bristol and Illustration Board provide a stiff, strong surface to work on without the need for Printmaking Paper Available in 300, 400, and 500 mounting. Our boards come in various weights and Series, this broad range of printmaking papers 500 Series | Premium finishes. Bristol generally describes drawing paper accommodates techniques from block printing Create a legacy. Premium quality, professional grade fine art papers. that is pasted together to form multi-ply sheets. to lithography, intaglio, and screen printing. 500SERIES All papers are archival quality, acid free, and manufactured with cotton Illustration board has 100% cotton drawing paper fiber for enhanced surface durability and exceptional results. mounted on both sides of heavyweight board. PREMIUM Perfect for professional artists. YOUTH GOOD BETTER BEST PREMIUM 100 SERIES 200 SERIES STRATHMORE® VISION 300 SERIES 400 SERIES 400 SERIES RECYCLED 500 SERIES Ignite a Lifelong Love of Art Value Without Compromise Let the World See Your Vision Discover the Difference Draw on Experience Conserve without Compromise Create a Legacy PAPER/MEDIA TYPE: Artist quality papers to nuture talent Good quality paper at a great price High value pads - customizable covers Better quality for developing artists Best quality for advanced artists Contains 30% post-consumer fiber Professional grade archival paper Newsprint and Sketch: Lightweight papers that are great for experimentation and practice of techniques. SKETCHBOOK DOODLE PAD NEWSPRINT SKETCH VISION SKETCH NEWSPRINT SKETCH SKETCH RECYCLED SKETCH TONED TAN OR GRAY SKETCH Fine Tooth Surface Rough Surface Rough Surface Lightweight Lightweight Rough/Smooth Options Lightweight Heavyweight Heavyweight For Light and Dark Media Economical Fine Tooth Surface Fine Tooth Surface Natural-Toned Fine Tooth Surface Fine Tooth Surface Fine Tooth Surface Medium Surface Drawing: Papers for finished art using any dry media. DRAWING DRAWING VISION DRAWING DRAWING DRAWING HEAVYWEIGHT COLORED PENCIL RECYCLED DRAWING DRAWING* ILLUSTRATION BOARD* Medium Surface Lightweight Medium Weight Medium Weight Medium Weight DRAWING Heavyweight Medium Weight 100% Cotton Fiber 100% Cotton Fiber Fine Tooth Surface Medium Surface Medium Surface Medium/Smooth Options Medium Surface Medium Surface Medium Surface Ultra Smooth Plate or Resists Warping Cream Colored Cream Colored White Bright White Toothy Medium Finish Vellum & Plate Surfaces Bristol: Smooth finish is for detail work with pen and ink, airbrush, and marker. Vellum finish is for pencil, charcoal, pastel, airbrush, and light washes. is ultra smooth for Plate finish BRISTOL BRISTOL BRISTOL BRISTOL BRISTOL detailed work with pen and ink, Smooth/Vellum Options Plate* Vellum* airbrush, and marker. Smooth Vellum 100% Cotton 100% Cotton Sequential Bristol: Created specially for the comic, cartoon, and graphic novel industry. BRISTOL – SEQUENTIAL ART BRISTOL – SEQUENTIAL ART BRISTOL – SEQUENTIAL ART Smooth Smooth/Vellum Options Plate/Vellum/Semi-Smooth Options Non-Reproducible Blue Lines Charcoal and Pastel: Papers with just enough texture to create an ideal foundation for charcoal and pastel. BLACK CHALK CHARCOAL PASTEL GRAY SCALE ARTAGAIN® - BLACK OR ASSORTED TINTS CHARCOAL Heavyweight Textured Surface For Oil, Soft, or 5 Colors - White to Black For Soft Pastels and Charcoal White or Asst. Tints Wipe Clean Surface Natural White Hard, Dry Pastels For Charcoal and Pastel Assorted Tints are Fiber-Enhanced 100% Cotton, Laid Finish All 500 Series Drawing, Bristol, Watercolor, Illustration, and Mixed Media Boards are stamped with an official Strathmore® mark to ensure paper identification and excellence in performance. *Not recommended for traditional watercolor techniques. YOUTH GOOD BETTER BEST PREMIUM 100 SERIES 200 SERIES STRATHMORE® VISION 300 SERIES 400 SERIES 400 SERIES RECYCLED 500 SERIES Ignite a Lifelong Love of Art Value Without Compromise Let the World See Your Vision Discover the Difference Draw on Experience Conserve without Compromise Create a Legacy PAPER/MEDIA TYPE: Artist quality papers to nuture talent Good quality paper at a great price High value pads - customizable covers Better quality for developing artists Best quality for advanced artists Contains 30% post-consumer fiber Professional grade archival paper Tracing, Pen & Ink and Marker: Tracing Paper and Layout Bond are suitable for pencil, marker, and ink. Parchment, Calligraphy, and Writing Papers have ideal surfaces for smooth ink flow. Marker Paper is designed to TRACING MARKER TRACING PARCHMENT TRACING LAYOUT BOND CALLIGRAPHY PARCHMENT MARKER MARKER WRITING accept heavy coverage and is Semi-transparent Smooth Surface Smooth Surface Smooth Surface for Smooth Surface Smooth Surface White Smooth Surface Smooth Surface Smooth Surface 25% Cotton Fiber bleed resistant. Bleed Resistant Economical Even Ink Flow Accepts Pencil, For Pencil, Pen, For Calligraphy Nibs Available in White, Heavyweight Semi-Transparent For Pen and Ink Marker, and Ink and Marker and Pen and Ink Aged, and Natural Bleed Resistant Correspondence Acrylic and Oil: Textured papers for the demands of acrylic and oil painting. Palette paper is a smooth coated sheet for blending and CANVAS PALETTE CANVAS BLACK CANVAS ACRYLIC OIL PAINTING mixing oil and acrylic paint. Canvas Texture Poly-Coated Canvas Texture Canvas Texture Heavyweight No Gesso Required For Oils and Acrylics Disposable For Oils and Acrylics For Oils and Acrylics Linen Texture Linen Texture Printmaking: Natural white papers for student and professional printmakers. 300 Series for relief printing, practice and