Cool. I am assuming you mean you are painting a light-coloured board black. You could also do the same thing on black paper as some black sanded papers are not as densely black as they could be. Thanks for the tip!

Hah hah Darren! Still, I see that you are using black as a surface to work on!

Lol Oh no, poster board !! Your post is giving me nitemare flashbacks from back around 1991 when I tried that. Lol

I’ve used black sanded multimedia board several times and loved it.

Thanks Amy! And yes, I know about UART’s black version. Pastel Premier also have a back sanded paper too. One of these days I will try using black again 🙂 Look forward to seeing more of your work! Thank you for letting us know about Craddock’s work too.

Hi Mary, thanks for vocalizing your love of black paper. I am hoping that UArt will bring out both a mid-value paper and a black. Perhaps drop them a suggestion. Still, it sounds like you’ve found a work-around.Yes, let us know how your experiments work out. It may work out that you like these the best!

Thank you for the compliment on my work 😀 And you are so right about learning!

I switched over from black to UArt because I like the texture of the paper more and I began to experiment with underpainting. I find though, that I miss my black background so much, that I’ve started going back and experimenting with a solid black underpainting on UArt 280 using a wash of water-soluble oils or gouache. I’ll let you know how the experiment turns out. 🙂

And thank you for letting me join your Facebook Group and this blog. I’ve enjoyed your paintings for years and I’m enjoying everyone’s contributions. There’s nothing like learning to keep the juices flowing. Thanks Gail!

Ed thanks for sharing your experiences with black paper. I do think it works well for some people and certainly the more you work with it (as is true for much else), the more you learn to incorporate the darkness of the paper into the piece.

I’ve tried black paper twice.The first was a nightmare.I was doing a surprise for my friend of his red Corvette.First of all the red lost some of its brightness,second,it was almost impossible to blend,it just came off the paper.If I remember correctly it was Murano paper.I sprayed it with cheap hair spray like I had in the past,but this time it ruined it,because I used stick pastels as well as pencil.I went over it again to save it.It was fine he loved it.2nd time was a cut crystal glass.Very demanding to do,but also easier because I wasn’t blending two colours,only white and grey.I surprised myself.Its possibly my best piece to date.I like the effect.The stark contrast.I’m looking forward to doing more glass possibly Pewter as well.