CANSON XL Sand Grain Dry Mixed Media 160gsm A4 Paper, Sand Finish, Spiral Pad Short Side, 40 Natural Sheets, For Professional Artists & Illustrators

Great for pastel and good for oil pastels to. Your work will have a granulated look to it due to the paper texture. Gives my work a defudes look that I like. The paper colour is an off white ivory, so a nice colour for most subjects.

good

Good mid tone paper reasonably priced and just the job for practicing on!

Very happy to have discovered this paper , as there are a lot of products out there to choose from.. it's great for pastel work as it holds the pastel pigment well, and good for layering ( after a spray of fixative). Haven't tried other colours yet but this is off white and a forgiving colour as a ground. I've got this paper now in A3 and A4 size.

Good value. It’s a very toothy paper

I did wonder about this paper at first and whether or not it was too rough. However, using quality colouring pencils it works a treat and I am now pleased with the results. See my peach of a photo.

Average quality but does not match pastelmat.

Amazing paper, really love it, I use it with pencils but really good with pastel!! I am never disappointed with CANSON

Eccellente prodotto, ottimo con patelli e matite colorate.

So far, it is good. I have just started a pastel pencil course. I didn't want to spend a ton of money on the expensive pastelmat. This seems like a good option so far thought.

Paper made me think of pastelmat. I love using my polychromo's on it. Added bonus paper handles solvent without pilling or bleeding. Mine did bc I wanted to see if it could handle a dripping wet brush; yes it does; ofcourse that is not recommended how to blend. Just know it can handle that. When using any solvent I would recommend you to put a cardstock sheet under it;just to prevent contamination on next page if you want to keep it in the block. Paper works great with Jaxons oil pastel. I use a rubber blending tool for it. Derwent drawing works like a dream on it; I still have me a bit of a learning curve with lightfast pencils but will test those separatly. Compliments to Canson for this paper. I recommend it for beginners and not selling artist for practise and study. When selling just use archival paper for your own peace of mind; Im not at that point yet, so Im happy with this. #Netherlands

I recently took a colored pencil portrait class. The instructor had us using this sanded paper along with Polychromos colored pencils. It was a fun experience and I’m excited to use this paper with other media, perhaps pastels. I had hoped to find a 9 x 12” pad but ended up getting this A4 size which was close enough for what I needed.

Esta muy bien.