Crescent Professional Grade Cold Press (NOT) Illustration Boards have a textured surface designed primarily for pencil, pastel, ink, airbrush, washes, light collage and wet media.

The textured surface of a Cold Press board permits the medium to be applied without fast absorption, which in turn allows the washes to blend smoothly. Made of 100% cotton fibre acid-free paper on a high quality board to create a balanced tension that prevents warping.

The difference between the Professional grade illustration board and the student grade illustration board:

Primarily the Professional Boards are thicker and constructed of a higher quality surface paper – 100% cotton fibre acid-free. They are more warp resistant and can accept more aggressive wash applications than the student boards.

Crescent Media Usage Recommendations for No. 110 Cold Press Illustration Board:

5 — Highly Recommended

Oil Pastel, Airbrush and Tag Art

4 — Recommended

Watercolour, Gouache, Student, Professional, Craft Acrylics, Graphite Pencil, Soft Charcoal, Water-based Marker, Xylene-based Marker and Alcohol-based Marker

3 — Passable Performance

Pen-and-Ink, Soft Pencils, Coloured Pencil and Watercolour Pencils

2 — Marginal Performance

Mechanical Pen, Technical Pen,  Lettering and Calligraphy Pens, Watercolour

1 — Not Recommended

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