📄 Strathmore ST236-82: 11x17 Semi-Smooth 500 Series Sequential Art Bristol Paper Sheets - White Review

Item arrived intact. But Bristol is not semi-smooth but has a lamellar surface and is not suitable for the drybrush technique. i will send it back

This paper is great for layered graphite. It is smoother than parchment but has enough "tooth" and is not as smooth as smooth Bristol. Because it's smoother than Bristol parchment, it's easier to get really fine detail. I met him in a botanical drawing class. I don't understand if art shops (even big art shops) have other papers from this series but not this paper. Many people don't even know they exist. Try it!

All I can say is that I opened the supposedly semi-smooth 500 series paper, it's expensive and shiny, I have some left over from the previous pack and it's definitely different . Maybe the process has changed, but then it has to be relabeled and always in a different package. I spend enough time with my nose on paper to notice the difference, and the tools I use are specific and I know how they're supposed to work, from drag-and-drop to the ability to handle wet environments etc. I saw another…