Resuming the reviews of the last batch of
Exaclair samples, now we will take a closer look at the
No. 38 Rhodia dotPad. While it has served as the backdrop of recent product reviews, I finally got around to actually testing some of my sketching tools on it.
This 16.5" X12.5" dot grid pad makes for a really functional and impressive creative desktop accessory with its massive size.
Already knew that it featured smooth paper with a subtle grid that readily accepted a variety of media from testing the more portable No. 16 pad.
To give a more accurate visual idea of the generous work area that the No. 38 dotPad provides, this picture shows that it is roughly equivalent to two letter size pages pasted together.
This doodle test page was drawn with a Rhodia pencil, Pentel Black Polymer 999 HB pencil, Tombow Mono-R Ippo 2B pencil, Pentel GraphGear 0.5 mm mechanical pencil loaded with Ain B lead, Sakura Pigma Sensei pens, and J. Herbin Creapen Refillable Marker. They all performed well on this support with minimal see-through the back of the page. Quick note for Creapen Refillable Marker users: The ink flow got a bit dry on the marker nib when drawing Master Jedi Kit Fisto on the left edge of this page. After checking that the cartridge still had ink in it, I was able to restore the ink flow by rinsing the marker nib under tap water for a few seconds.
This generously sized pad is great for sketching, exploring ideas visually, and making quick notes alongside them. The unobtrusive dot grid makes it really easy to write in straight lines without distracting guide lines on its pages. Since its wide drawing area allows for side by side comparison of multiple sketching tools in the same page, you can expect to continue to see this
No. 38 dotPad in future art supply reviews.
Resuming the reviews of the last batch of Exaclair samples, now we will take a closer look at the No. 38 Rhodia dotPad. While it has served as the backdrop of recent product reviews, I finally got around to actually testing some of my sketching tools on it.
This 16.5" X12.5" dot grid pad makes for a really functional and impressive creative desktop accessory with its massive size.
Already knew that it featured smooth paper with a subtle grid that readily accepted a variety of media from testing the more portable No. 16 pad.
To give a more accurate visual idea of the generous work area that the No. 38 dotPad provides, this picture shows that it is roughly equivalent to two letter size pages pasted together.
This doodle test page was drawn with a Rhodia pencil, Pentel Black Polymer 999 HB pencil, Tombow Mono-R Ippo 2B pencil, Pentel GraphGear 0.5 mm mechanical pencil loaded with Ain B lead, Sakura Pigma Sensei pens, and J. Herbin Creapen Refillable Marker. They all performed well on this support with minimal see-through the back of the page. Quick note for Creapen Refillable Marker users: The ink flow got a bit dry on the marker nib when drawing Master Jedi Kit Fisto on the left edge of this page. After checking that the cartridge still had ink in it, I was able to restore the ink flow by rinsing the marker nib under tap water for a few seconds.
This generously sized pad is great for sketching, exploring ideas visually, and making quick notes alongside them. The unobtrusive dot grid makes it really easy to write in straight lines without distracting guide lines on its pages. Since its wide drawing area allows for side by side comparison of multiple sketching tools in the same page, you can expect to continue to see this No. 38 dotPad in future art supply reviews.
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2 comments:
informative review. I think the concept of a light dot-grid would be greatly helpful for doing studies of architecture, which i suck at but want to start to get my feet wet with.
Thanks for the comment Bengkia. The large dotPad would certainly make a great sketchpad for architectural studies and working out the multiple views of Descriptive Geometry exercises.
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