Best paper for quick acrylic studies

[jrstebbins]

Hey all,

Just looking to do some plein air acrylic studies...does anyone have any specific recommendations for sketchbooks that can take some acrylic paint?

thanks!

j

[dose]

I've used a watercolor block and been happy with it. No buckling, and you can go for the cheapo ones- you don't need the fancy paper for acrylics.

[LjK_89]

you can buy books of thick acrylic paper with a canvas-like texture, but yeah, most sketchbooks can handle acrylics as long as the paper isnt too thin

[Hybrid_75]

you can just slap it on, it might crinkle up the page, but it dosn't really matter cause its a sketch book. I use acrylic and water soluble colouring pencils in my cheap sketchbooks, and it does crinkle a bit. flatens out though, you can prime a whole page and let it dry if you want it to stay super flat. Those canvas textured pads are fun for quick studies and are pretty cheap.

[a la bapsi]

i've primed my pages with a layer of gesso or white acrylic- keeps the water from soaking through and killing the page. :]
the pages i'm using are nothing fancy-- probably the equivalent of regular copy paper.

[jrstebbins]

Thanks everyone, this is great info!!