Copic markers
I have been thinking of getting myself some Copics for a while, and I would have tried them much sooner if it wasn’t for their price. Don’t get me wrong, I totally agree they are worth the money and in the long run they come up cheaper than other brands, but let’s face it- it’s a large sum if you want to pay upfront for a decent selection to start with.
. It was important to me that the set has all basic colors, although I must say it’s quite addictive and you want to buy more and more to fill in all the shades. That’s how I got the Multiliner set 
and the Original Cool Gray Set
. 🙂 
and I thought that since it comes from Copic it will be perfect for the markers. Wrong! The paper wasn’t bad-bad…but it wasn’t good either. Much thinner than what I expected ( you can almost see through it!) and it didn’t blend as well as I wanted it to. Once you start blending there is this pattern that comes through that shows the structure of the paper and I really don’t like that. So, I did my homework and read online what other people had to say about the perfect paper for Copic markers and tried couple of different brands. 
A lot of people were recommending Papertray cardstock and I decided to order it and give it a try. I received less expensive and very nice quality paper that worked wonderfully with the Copics. The markers didn’t bleed on it, but blended very well. I must say for now this paper is my first choice to work with.
In the next couple of days I’ll show you what I worked on with the markers, but here are my first couple of drawings that I did on the Copic paper when I first got the markers. I was just exploring the mixing of colors and color blending, so don’t expect DaVinci here 🙂
Once I have my Papertray drawings uploaded, I’ll show you the difference in the paper too.
Annie