Winsor & Newton, BLEEDPROOF MARKER PAPER PAD SIZE A4

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The first thing I love about this Strathmore writing pad is the impeccable smoothness of its ivory-white surface. As it is woven with 25% cotton, it lends an elegant texture and appearance that lets your pens glide on effortlessly.

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If you’re at the early phase of learning calligraphy, you have probably watched several tutorials or tried tracing characters from booklets. But if you’re after a calligraphy paper for beginner and perfectionist artists, you’d probably love these practice sheets as much as I do. I’ve tried it with a dip pen before using almost every sort of ink. Surprisingly, producing upstrokes and downstrokes wasn’t a struggle because it has a smooth surface that allows my pen to seamlessly glide on.If you’re an amateur calligrapher who is still working on your lettering styles and structures, this paper has dots and lines that can elevate your consistency so you can write on a straight line and create a better formation.

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Sifting through its properties, a calligraphy paper stands out with its exceptional characteristics. It doesn’t work like any regular pen papers or copy papers that you’d normally use for everyday printing. What makes it special is its sized surface that makes it bleedproof and hence, it can accommodate inks without feathering, bleeding, and smudging. It can cater to different sorts of calligraphy pens but I noticed that it worked best with brush pens. Dip pens will also do as long as you go lightly with downstrokes.

When calligraphy papers are not available, I always find parchment papers an excellent substitute. One of the few brands I trust for my set of parchment specialty papers is Southworth. As for me, I prefer this type of texture at times, especially when I work with brush pens and my Pilot Parallel. It can provide a little tooth and hence, it grabs the ink and prevents smearing and spreading throughout the paper. It also amazes me that every stroke and a few applications don’t cause any ink feathering.