Black paper art

Everything you need to know about drawing on black paper in one complete guide. Learn the basics and lots of tips and tricks that will make it easy for you!

Black paper adds a whole new dimension to colored pencil drawing. Your dark colors show up subtle, and the lighter ones pop off the page. Black drawing paper can behave quite differently from regular white drawing paper, so there are a few techniques you can follow to get the best out of black paper. Regardless [...]Read More

This Menorah black paper sketchbook is ideal for colored pencils, gel pens, chalk, pastels, metallic colors, gouache, charcoal, inks, and acrylic paint markers metallic, glitters, pastels and whites show very well. Shop now!!!!

My name is Kay Lee. I’m Malaysian. I use a white pencil to capture light and expression on black paper. I especially like to picture artwork in a “low-key” mode, contrast, and dramatic lighting effect, with lots of shadows. It gives depth, mood, feeling, and emotion, with a quiet and mysterious atmosphere. And I like accentuated forms with clean looks too, as I think it can give more substantial visual impact; illumination on a specific portion of the image with very selective use of light…

I received the new Halloween 2021 set of watercolors from IUILE last week–what gorgeous colors! I wanted to try them out on black watercolor paper, and ended up painting some leaves. I loved how it looked so much, that I stamped a greeting and white heat embossed it, and adhered it to a card base.