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Not having any formal art education I tend to do a lot of reading to learn techniques, gain ideas, be awed by what others are doing, and get inspiration. So I gave myself this year, 2014, to just try anything before I settle down into something and stick with it (whatever that might be). Anyway I am reading an e-book from Nicole Caulfield about how she uses color pencil on sanded paper. She creates portraits that look like Rembrandt, using the fade-too-dark edges and dramatic lighting - believe it or not, with color pencils. I have worked with pastel for many years, but very little with sanded paper, pastels is the main media using this type of support, or so I thought. Hilda - do you use it? If so what brand do you utilize. There are only several types of sanded paper out there (yes, it is an archival type of the sand paper found in hardware stores) from moderately expensive to what I call expensive, $10/sheet. However, you can make you...