How should the paper selection be in pencil portrait drawing? The majority of painters who draw portraits know that portraits cannot be drawn on thin, unweighted copy paper and similar papers, there are those who do, but experienced painters never draw on thin paper and cardboard sold in stationery, the papers to be drawn are generally textured and high-weight papers, there are various reasons for this, the first is to respect the art you do, because after hours of work, you can draw on a fuzzy piece of paper, it won’t be enough, the paper should be heavy and textured, usually painters use 200 gr papers, there are papers with higher textures. One side of these papers is textured and the other side is relatively smooth, you Which side you choose is up to you. These papers are long-lasting and most importantly, they are resistant to erasures.