Celebrating 10 Years of Toned Paper

Right before we dive into the history of toned paper and why we established it, let us communicate a very little bit about what it is.

What is Toned Paper?

Strathmore Toned Paper is a mid-toned coloured sheet that will come in heat tan, cool grey, and steel blue.

Commencing your artwork using mid-range coloured paper enables for exceptional sketching & drawing options by giving the middle value that would otherwise need to be rendered by the artist. A broader variety of values from mild to darkish can be utilized, and the middle tone will make it simpler for the artist to intentionally place shadows and highlights.

Holding the worth of the paper as a person of the values in the drawing not only will save time, but enables the artist to use graphite or other darkish media to thrust darker values and white pencils or other gentle media to include highlights, building sketches and drawings pop.

^{Artwork by Kelly Foss on Toned Tan Sketch}

Our Toned papers are 100% recycled, incorporate 30% write-up-customer fiber, and also include kraft and bark fiber inclusions which adds visual interest. We have a extensive selection of toned papers in various weights and formats, which we will get into shortly.

The Record of Strathmore Toned Paper

In 2012, we produced Toned Sketch paper immediately after listening to artists in community forums, dialogue teams, blogs and social platforms and identifying unmet desires:

Several artists seeking for toned sketch paper for experimenting, speedy scientific tests, sketching, lifestyle drawing and journaling
There was developing curiosity in experimenting with mild & dark media, produced by new drawing resources
Common toned papers were not suitable for this need to have: typically they were also textured, or not accessible in sketchbook/pad format
Quite a few artists were being getting the time to tone their individual papers prior to drawing to obtain the ideal have an effect on they ended up soon after.

With this in intellect, we established out to generate a new selection for artists and launched Toned Sketch Paper in Tan and Gray.

Toned Sketch Paper in Tan and Gray

Fat: 80lb / 118gsm
Surface: medium
Acid cost-free
100% recycled, 30% PCW
Kraft & bark fiber inclusions
Available in pads, sheets, rolls and art journals
Superb for graphite, chalk, charcoal, coloured pencil, markers, ink, and all dry media

^{Artwork by @maura_mazzara_artwork on Toned Grey Sketch}

Toned Blended Media Paper in Tan and Grey

Toned Sketch paper became an fast hit and we noticed several artists savoring the gains of the paper, nevertheless, some started out expressing the wish to insert wet media like watercolor, gouache and/or acrylic. The original Toned Sketch paper was manufactured entirely for dry media and does not incorporate the sizing required to make it possible for it to hold up to moist media programs. Immediately after listening to artist feedback, we launched the future technology of toned paper, Toned Blended Media.

It really is a great blend mixture of our Toned Sketch paper and our 400 Collection Combined Media paper with the mid-tone tan and gray colors of the Toned Sketch, and the hefty excess weight and moist media properties of the Blended Media.

Pounds: 184lb / 300gsm
Surface: medium
Acid totally free
100% recycled, 30% PCW
Kraft & bark fiber inclusions
Readily available in pads, sheets and art journals
Outstanding for watercolor, gouache, acrylic, graphite, chalk, charcoal, coloured pencil, markers, and ink

_{Artwork by @sofiapavanmacias on Toned Grey Mixed Media}

Toned Blue Paper

Oh yeah… then we extra a Steel Blue shade to the Toned Blended Media vary. Toned Blended Media papers became a new most loved amongst artists and we gained quite a few requests for more colours, so we included a blue option.

^{Artwork by @rainbowmastery on Toned Blue Blended Media Paper}

Rapidly-forward to 2022, and we are enthusiastic to announce yet another member of the Toned household, Toned Blue Sketch! Previously the toned blue color could only be found in the glue-bound mixed media format. We have acquired numerous requests from artists for Toned Blue paper in sketchbook structure, and we’re happy to announce it is now out there!

A great deal has occurred in the past 10 years with toned paper. Beneath is a comparison chart of all Strathmore Toned Papers that are out there to make it much easier for you to come to a decision which finest suits your demands:

And in situation you happen to be a record buff and appreciate a timeline, here is a recap of when we released the distinct members of the toned paper loved ones:

Toned Blue Sketch Address Art by Justin Maas

We worked with artist Justin Maas for the showcased artwork on the addresses of the new Toned Blue Sketch paper.

Justin has been making use of Toned Tan and Gray Sketch papers for practically as long as they’ve been obtainable to build gorgeous portrait drawings. He utilised graphite and white charcoal on the new Toned Blue Sketch paper for the protect of the pads, which beautifully showcases how both light-weight and dim media can be utilized on the mid-tone color of the sheet.

See a lot more of Justin’s wonderful drawings on his Instagram web site, @maas.artwork.

The Toned Blue Sketch pads appear in the identical sizes as the Toned Tan and Grey Sketch pads:

We hope you enjoyed learning a bit more about our toned papers, and we adore viewing the wide wide range of artwork that is being designed on them! Listed here are a few far more items done by several artists on our Toned surfaces:

^{Artwork by @sabine.s.art on Strathmore Toned Tan Sketch}