DIY - toned paper - help

[Xaya]

well i have to do a trans-version of a scene for school.

I tought i do something like Mucha merge Botticelli style... nevermind.
I want to do it monocrome but not just white and black...
so i need a toned paper (DinA 3)
but my thought color doesn´t exist in shops....

so any suggestion doing a solid, evenly (?) background,
i have aquarell , gouache and oil colors!

want to do the rendering with pencil and markers!

thx

-Xaya

[edit] for normal (180g/cm²) or aquarell paper

[slickcoder]

you could get a piece of Cold Press Illustration Board and use watercolors to "stain" the board evenly in whatever color you choose. Be sure to go light with it. Dr. Marten's dyes will do too. Then you can draw over top with pencil and marker. WARNING: if you over saturate the board with your watercolor, the marker might not behave right!

I hope this helps.