The Vibrant World of Urban Sketching on Colour Paper

Join me as we explore reportage illustrators and urban sketchers who utilize the vibrancy of colour paper in order to capture the world around them. Stick around to the end of the video where I give you a few practical tips on how to sketch on colour paper for yourself.
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[@lyndonhayes7548]

Hi Taria, thanks again for the mention, very humbled ; )

[@tarias_sketchy_adventures]

You're very welcome Lyndon, I'm a big fan of your work :)

[@hansendesigns]

Excellent video. More please. :)

[@kathleen7849]

Love it. Reminds me of 1960s era art.

[@gingerspeidel-ys6et]

Great idea. Beautiful

[@ritawilbur6128]

This summer at an Urban Sketchers Houston event, someone used a similar style. In advance, she'd painted blocks of intense color like magenta or cyan (I think she used Dr Ph Martin inks) in a standard white sketchbook. Then on site she did her drawing in white and black ink. Her pieces were incredible! I love toned paper, but the really intense color of these pieces is so dramatic and striking! My go to paper generally for this kind of thing is Canson Mi-tientes. I buy large sheets of bright and bold colors, then cut them down. I then draw on the smoother side. But wow, I would love to have a sketchbook with colored paper! Maybe I should try my hand at binding the mi-tientes into a sketchbook. Or try that other sketcher's tip of priming the page with colored ink.

[@vermiliongamboge155]

Marvelous video, Taria. This will be my next project - making a coptic sketchbook with toned paper and filling it.

[@meikeontube3200]

Thank you so much for your inspiration! ❤

[@tommylee6741]

awesome video!!!

[@sacrebleu1371]

I was given some book making tools for my birthday. I think it is meditative to do.

[@rosemarshall1219]

Hi taria, i think these color sheets really suit your style. Very cool, i think i will give it a try. (I am more white and toned paper.)

[@nehasingh-tq5tm]

Thank you for such an informative video. I will try doing some sketching on colored paper.

[@lindamacewen4084]

Great information, delightfully expressed, plus a summary all make you an excellent and generous artist/teacher. Thank you!!

[@tarias_sketchy_adventures]

Thank you so much Linda! 💚

[@ChantelleArts]

This is really cool, tanned paper is on my list of things to try ❤

[@sacrebleu1371]

I love tanned paper for many things. I work in varied mediums and subjects. Have fun!

[@craftSolo4011]

Thank you! Very interesting. You have inspired me to try toned and coloured paper.

[@tarias_sketchy_adventures]

Wonderful! Have fun! :D

[@WilliamPhillippe]

Truly outstanding artists - cheers, Taria!

[@artwhat..]

Hi TSA..great video, very indepth and explained well,even though I don't want nothing to do with colored paper. Maybe some day😎

[@tarias_sketchy_adventures]

Ha ha, glad you enjoyed watching anyway. I felt like that a while back too but I guess the urge to try out colour paper eventually came about :)

[@deborahbloom4624]

Thank you, Taria! This is a great technique!

[@tarias_sketchy_adventures]

Thanks for watching Deborah!

[@carolpenn1155]

Another great video. So informative. Thank you so much 😊

[@tarias_sketchy_adventures]

You are so welcome!

[@donnakelly8911]

This was very interesting. I have a pad of nice color paper, had no idea what to do with it. Thanks for giving me an idea of something new to try.

[@tarias_sketchy_adventures]

Glad it was helpful!

[@JessicaHessjessanotherhess]

I really enjoyed this video. Thank you for introducing some more artists, as well. Legion water color paper offers colored watercolor paper. I know there is black available. There might be other colors available.

[@tarias_sketchy_adventures]

Thank you Jessica!

[@nickorange4881]

what are children gouache sticks ? is the colored paper like cartridge paper but colored or something else?

[@elizacallard3470]

Great video-does Veronica Lawler (great reportage artist) ever use colored paper? I’ll have to see if I can find out!

[@tarias_sketchy_adventures]

I haven't seen her use colour paper but I would also be interested to know, Im a big fan of her style aswell :)

[@kstutz230]

Loved this video! Where can one find colored paper like this? I looked and could only find grey, tan, and black. I found card stock and copy paper but the gsm for the copy paper was 89. I did find Canson Mi-Teintes Drawing Papers. 98 lb 160 gsm. Amazon and Cheap Joes has it.

[@tarias_sketchy_adventures]

To be honest, I am just using card stock - somewhere around 150gsm and it was in my local stationary store here in South Africa.... I haven't tried the Mi-Tientes paper but I think Pat Southern Pearce has/does use that paper (but I am open for correction on that)

[@ritawilbur6128]

You can buy Mi-Teintes in large sheets in a wide range of bold, intense colors. That's what I use. I cut it down into smaller sizes. I prefer to draw on the smoother side, but I sometimes forget and use the more textured side.

[@tarias_sketchy_adventures]

@@ritawilbur6128 thanks Rita! And it handles watercolour ok?

[@ritawilbur6128]

@@tarias_sketchy_adventures I just use it with dry media.

[@hansendesigns]

@@tarias_sketchy_adventures this is good to know. So the works look awesome but the paper color isn’t lightfast. So the works are mostly preserved by immediately scanning them. :)