Paper, paper, paper - I do love it, and am constantly striving to find the PERFECT paper.  Do help me out - which papers do all my fellow calligraphers like?
 
I've been trying Fabriano Rosapina - it is without doubt my favourite paper for writing on - soft, just the right amount of sizing, makes colour looks amazing..... BUT.... major problem... I have so far completely failed to rub pencil lines off it.  Have tried all the tricks I know - putty rubber, white bread, Blu tack - I just can't do it without fluffing up the paper surface.  Any tips would be most welcome - for now I'm re-doing the piece on Fabriano Artistico which is OK but not nearly as lovely to use.

I know it doesn't look too bad in this image - but look just below the h and e of "the" - that bunny tail really catches the light and makes the whole piece look  
 


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23/02/2012 10:11am

Can the fluffy bits be lightly burnished flat?
I like the Fabriano Classico from the Fat Pad! But it's very white and I've also used Arches Aquarelle [HP] - which I thought was lovely with colour.
For layout/practice I'm a sucker for Frisk Bleedproof.
Sx

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Janet
23/02/2012 10:35am

I am going to have another try with burnishing - thank you for the thought! The fluffy bits are fairly determined, so I might even have to wet them to get them to lie flat (like a troublesome haircut!). I'm not sure I've tried Aquarelle recently (I find my tastes change as my writing change) - great tip thanks!

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Fran
24/02/2012 4:49pm

Have you tried a black rubber? I got one from John Neal as I haven't found them in this country. They are much less destructive than any other I have used. Although JN specifies them for use on black paper, I think they work equally well on white.
http://www.johnnealbooks.com/prod_detail_list/s?keyword=eraser




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