Thank you! Soo very helpful! I am a Grandma beginner artist!. I am learning a lot from viewing many of your videos. Perhaps soon, I will be able to buckle down and just take your art course. I simply did not know what I could do or learn. But I am having a blast along the way! Thank you for educating the total beginner with free videos. P.S. I keep coming back to your videos because you are easy to understand, and you tackle one area at a time. I have been able to try so many different things so I can determine just what it is I will want to work with.

I want to take a moment to acknowledge the awesome paintings you have shown us along with the great tutorial !

Such a helpful review! Bristol is definitely the one I want to try 🙌🏼

Great job here - it looks like you really put some thought into this. It was really helpful to see some of the popular papers talked about in use and seeing actual pieces of art you've done on each.

I've been trying to find good paper for coloured pencils after realizing sketch paper is the worst format to use them on. This is incredibly helpful, thank you.

This information is so hard to find! Thank you for this! And your artwork is amazing. Especially the liquor drink with ice, I actually said, "whoa..." 😮

Thank you so much! This was awesome! Gave me more clarity that I needed in addition to my current knowledge. Thank you for demoing the different mediums on all those papers! Greatly appreciated.

Wow, I can’t wait to start ~ thank you so much

Wow, dude! This answers questions I've had for years. I wish I'd had you as a teacher back in art school. Good job explaining! Thanks for posting. Keep up the good work.

Thank you. I just started drawing and am pleased with my results but I can see how other paper will help me further enhance my drawings. I use graphite pencils but have expanded into color pencils and soon some water color pencils.

I figured this out the hard way, which I'm sure is pretty normal. I picked up some cheap dollar store sketch paper to start with, and that was fine when it came to just starting out with basic pencil line drawing, but as I started to get more into layering and blending, especially with coloured pencils, it broke down like a cheap card table at Thanksgiving.

You’re a fantastic instructor, I can’t tell you how many times I’ve looked for something foundational and your video knocks it out of the ballpark. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience!

I joined yesterday and am glad that I did. I have used plenty of your free videos(Thank you) and will continue to do so, but now I won't feel guilt! The material you present is excellent and easy to understand. Bravo! Thank you, too, for making your classes so affordable!

This is by far THE MOST HELPFUL information and tutorial on surfaces. Thank you sir for those videos and you don't have idea how much this helps me and inspires me to deal with PTSD and ADHD. I cannot thank you enough. Nick /Detroit originally Bosnia. ❤️ 💙 💜

This video was so helpful! I was just wishing for a “cheat sheet” for good papers to use with different mediums. I know you said there are not hard rules but this is a great jumping off point for me and I already have most of these! Thanks so much!

Thanks so much for this video. Such detailed information, and extremely helpful. I don't know what I've been waiting for😊. I just subscribed.

This has to be the best on non watercolour paper. Great painting as well, loved the elephant and horse! Thanks

This was a big help. I just started with colored pencils and was using cheap paper. I have learned a lot about paper here and will be experimenting. Thanks!

This channel is the best 👍🏼 Big thanks from Jordan

Thank you for covering this topic.

I found this very helpful, thanks for sharing.

I recently started drawing and using various media again and I've been paying attention to different paper qualities and their characteristics. Thank you for this informative video!

Your tutorials are the best, best,best soft spoken and well understood, excellent,and mesmerizing listening to you, your voice is awesome, ,I learned a lot today from you ,,, thank you for your tutorial, number one on my list for tutorials, for now on,,,!!! I will watch all your tutorials, love it thank you for your tutorial Zoe very talented

Your channel is awesome! Thank you for creating it.

Thank you so much Matt, very informative! I’ve never heard of Canson Hot presses paper, I’m definitely going to try this out! I just started watching ur videos, ur art is amazing! Any suggestions on what videos I should start with as a beginner? I did a lot of acrylic painting years ago, but always wanted to learn how to do pen and ink and pencils, both regular and watercolor. Thank you so much!! Liz😊👍🏼💗

Dyno-mite video, hadn’t really spent much time considering the drawing paper that I’ve been using. Glad to learn about Bristol paper as I have a couple of pads in my inventory. Thanks 🙏

very good video. Really stunning art and very informative too. Thank you sir for taking the time to do this video

So important topic....I struggled with pastel ...because of bad paper....now I understand the importance. Thank you

Best video on paper ever!

Excellent tutorial about quality artist papers on the market and what paper to choose for your media choice for your next project. I found this very helpful. Thank you!

Thank you so much- I appreciate the detailed explanations. This video has answered so many questions.

Thank you, I knew some of this but not as much as I thought. I’ve only just discovered Yupo paper. Thank you so much for a well presented video. I LOVE your tree. As I watched the video I realised how diverse and wonderful your sketches are, you have a lot of talent. It must be wonderful to draw so well!

Matt, thanks for this information. It alleviated my frustrations about surfaces for each media that I'm learning.

Brilliant content. Brilliant analogy. Thanks a lot

Excellent! Thank you. I have many of these papers but now will use them with different choices of mediums. I will experiment a little more without fear.😊

I love your video! It is useful for artist. Im so grateful, thank you.

Thank you Matt. I learnt a lot. My favorite of these makes is Strathmore 400 series Watercolour, 300gsm.

Thank you for such a detailed review on different papers

Incredible explanation. Thank you so much!

Thank you so much for this video! It was very helpful to me!

Very good review and tips. Thank you!

Very informative. Thanks Matt. 👍

Very helpful! Thank you for your thorough comparison!

Thank you for this; I appreciate all the work you have put into making this video and have learned a lot.

I love Bristol paper. Nice and thick and feels like it's made for doing a fully finished piece of art.

Thank you for sharing, very informative. 🎨👩‍🎨🙏

Excellent video, thank you!

Thank you and i love your own art work.

Really helpful and clear. Thank you.

This is so very helpful. Thank you!

Wow, what an informative video! Thank you!

Such valuable info... you are the best! Thank you so much... I am much knowledgeable now!

Thank you . I learned so much

- I love your videos, very educational. Thank you.

Thank you, this was very comprehensive.

This needs more views.

Wonderful information!!

Great video!

THANK YOU SO MUCH , IS BEEN SI HELPFUL I WAS LOOKING FOR THIS EXPLANATION.

I'm actually just learning to make my own paper for art. This was informative in giving me the language to use to market my hand made paper if I decide to sell it.

I am 51 and finally getting my art together. I'm just starting out, and learning to sketch. My goal eventually will be to be an artist in oil. My question to anyone here that honestly knows; What is the best type of, or brand is best for sketching? Thanks and I'm loving the courses!!!!

Good review! Very informative.

Fantastic value on this video like always. This why I subscribe to you thanks!

Man... your voice is amazing

Thank you, this was. Rey helpful!

really like how you put choice is unique not this over that ,thanks for your expert experience

Thank you for this video series! Arches is our favorite for watercolor paper but would also like to dabble a little bit with Canson, Fabriano and Ampersand. Do you have a video review of Fabriano and Ampersand by any chance?

Thank you so much was very informed about paper

Great review of paper!

One of the best video I watched😍

Very informative. Thank you!

Wow i love you!! Outstanding content! Gained a subsriber and regular viewer

what type of 2b lead do you use. Thanks amazing and helpful video

Thank you so much for sharing this information on paper. Fran

To me Bristol paper, seems to be my favorite ...I like it ! thank you by your post !

Extremely useful and informative.

thanks, you saved me a ton of research

Great vid! Nice recommendations...if I can only remember them when shopping.

Awesome video!!

I like to buy very small pads of paper in a wide range of types. A bit expensive at the start, but I can use all my media on the samples and work out my favourites before a heavy outlay on larger sheets

Literally I thought I had done my research on paper when I started out a yr ago but have had so much info to absorb I didnt really pay that much attention...know I'm learning that .....lol I needed this video a yr ago...lol but it's ok I can still use all my pads I bought so I could practice on different types of paper cause I was a beginner I didnt know what I loved as I loved all type of drawing and painting .......so I bought different pads except pastel pad I'd didnt even know they had that.....thanks fir video I'll probably be referring to this a bunch of times...

This was very informative. I am a colored pencil artist primarily painting portraits. I am very frustrated with the fibers coming up on some of the paper I have been using. I am looking for a hot press paper that I can achieve smooth transitions using multiple layers of CP and not have those fibers coming up as I work. Even using a lighter hand I am getting these. Could you please advise as to the best paper or even a board to use. Also, what do you know about Ampersand surfaces. Thanks so much in advance.

Thank you!

Thank you. Very informative.

Those drawings are amazing

Thanks for the explanation you are very efficient

Is there a video you can share on chemical fixative for graphite and charcoal drawings without yellowing the paper overtime? Would the fixative could also be used in chalk pastels? Thank you.

I have a set of Faber Castle Pitt pastel pencils . They are quite chalky . What paper would you recommend ? I would like to draw flowers , butterflies . Thank you for sharing your talent

a very helpful video!

Using the colored pencils with markers is new to me. Maybe a demonstration video of this???

Amazing.

Thanks So Much

very informative!

Thank you 🙏

Again. thank you.

Awesome!!

Hi there, what is the best use case scenerio for cotton based papers? Usually they are being sold as watercolor papers and you mention that they soak water more than cellulose counterparts.. which mediums suits betterfor it?

Great tips!

Great video👏👏

You are forgetting to mention the colored pencils and as well as the graphite and charcoal are working well on the other side of Canson Mi-teinted mire specifically! Good review of paper using fir beginner only, because a lot of others informations weren’t 😊mentioned over here! Personally. I love pastelmat, legion Stonehenge (green pad), hot pressed watercolour pad of any brands for multimedia, but particularly for colored pencils and watercolor pencils and marker as well for my finished art projects! Hope these info would be helpful to someone who is looking for suitable surfaces and economic ones for multimedia using! 😊