Question

What do i substitute for toned gray paper

Answer 1

I make toned paper to create blended black and white charcoal drawings, which you can view a tutorial on here. Using black and white charcoal in combination gives drawings a beautiful, silvery surface quality and a bluer, cooler temperature than regular charcoal on its own.

The process is also quite unique in that it involves no erasing - instead, it is an entirely additive process. Lighter values are added using white charcoal, and darker values using regular charcoal.

It's a very convenient technique for both quick-sketching (as shown in the drawings below), and longer, more finished drawings.


Hope it helps