I don't have printer paper. I have an unused sketchbook intended for ink. The idea of having my 50/50 Draw A Box work and drawing for pleasure in one (bound!) place also appeals to me. The idea of using what i have on hand instead of buying something else appeals to me, too.
What am I missing here? Should I wait to draw superimposed lines until I can procure printer paper?
Please advise. Thanks in advance.
I recommend buying printer paper. It will be way cheaper than a sketchbook. If you choose to do it on sketchbooks you'll need to fill more than one, it'll take lots of pages. You can use the sketchbook for the exercises, but keep in mind too that if the paper isn't smooth it will kill the fineliners very fast.
Printer paper is about a penny per sheet and you will need a lot of sheets to both do your practice and do your homework. Obviously I don't know where you live but it is also plentiful in stores so not sure what the obstacle is.
Because it is cheap you can feel freer to practice and discard as you please. You seem to be idealising the practice. It is practice and training, not art. I have kept my completed homework for the time being but all my practice pages, hundreds of them, have gone into recycling. eventually the homework will too.
On a more technical note, the finish on printer paper is probably more suitable for use with the fineliners for this sort of practice. Sketchbooks tend to be more prone to bleeding and absorbing the ink which makes for less clean lines.
Basically, I strongly agree with the other poster.
I totally recommend buying printer paper, cuz of the abundance and size of the paper in just one packet should last a while. Plus it's way cheaper than one sketchbook, and you don't have to worry fineliners being worn out quicker cuz of the texture of the paper from the sketchbook. Also you can easily head down to a local store and purchase a stack of printer paper for $10 and have more sheets ready to go. Hope this helps!
Haven't been drawing at all til this and at THIS TIME the only place I go is the grocery store and they stock printer paper and Sharpie Ultra Fine Points so that is what I use. It's cheap and convenient. But yeah agree with the other comments.
A lot of my students use these. The last time I used them was when I was in high school, and at the time I felt that they dried out pretty quickly, though I may have simply been mishandling them. As with all pens, make sure you're capping them when they're not in use, and try not to apply too much pressure. You really only need to be touching the page, not mashing your pen into it.
In terms of line weight, the sizes are pretty weird. 08 corresponds to 0.5mm, which is what I recommend for the drawabox lessons, whereas 05 corresponds to 0.45mm, which is pretty close and can also be used.
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