Guide to Drafting Film - Part Two 

Thank you so much for these two videos, Lisa, for unravelling the mysteries of drafting film vs Duralar. Finally I know the difference between the two and what I can expect with each one.

Great video with lots of useful information. Thanks.

Absolutely amazing, clear, to the point and pack full of information. Thank you so much!!!

Great instruction..thank you!! ❤

Very helpful. Thank you.🌹

thank you for your demonstration of drafting film vs duralar...

I know what you mean about it getting a shine and not wonting to take extra layers. I purchased it by mistake and when making sure I used VERY little pressure it started to shine and didn’t won’t to take many layers. Will be purchasing the right one now. Thank you for the tutorial. 👍

Thanks for this only just discovered your channel. This was really helpful. So given all this which is your favourite surface to use Faber castell Polychromos on?

Thank you for videos. Please advise how many times you can run out on drafting film before it looses tooth. Also, in areas where no pigment is being used. I have a problem with areas now looking dirty.I have tried to rub out, but then it makes another area of the film look dirty.

I am very interested by this new technique for me! I didn’t watch all your videos, but what’s about the Yupo, my dear friend?

Merci beaucoup pour ces tests et pour votre chaîne ! Je voudrais commencer le coloriage sur ce support, mais je ne trouve que le Dura Lar et je ne sais pas quelle autre marque prendre . Pouvez vous me donner la référence exacte du drafting film que vous utilisez dans votre test ? J’habite en France et les magasins d’art ne connaissent pas ce film , donc je suis obligée de commander sur le net . Ce papier est assez cher et je ne voudrais pas me tromper en commandant 😉

merci pour ces tests j ai lu qu une fois le papier de film saturé et donc sans dent on pouvait chauffer la couleur et que ca permet de remettre des couches en +, je suis nouveau dans le dessin de film donc je n ai pas encore essayer mais ca serait quelque chose a tester sur duralar

Interested now how oil pastels would work on drafting film? Or Caran d’Ache watercolor crayons? Oooo the possibilities!

Hi I’m hoping you can help me. I’m looking at using dura lar or drafting film for applying designs to leather. I would be applying the design with a pen onto the dura lar or film and then using a drawing stylus to impress the drawing onto the leather. The problem I have with regular tracing paper is the leather must be wet which causes the paper to wrinkle and tear. Do you think either of these (the dura lar or drafting film) would be suitable for what I’ve outlined. Are they both waterproof? Thanks

Funny how what is considered to be student grade looks better to me. Ah I see. Less layers. How about price differences? Back in the day all the pocket notebooks used to come with 6 drafting film sheets and an micro atlas in the back pocket. I took drafting and blue print making in school so I always used the sheets for blue prints and maping out or path on our school skip days. To think they could have been used for so much more.

So I see the drafting film is sold in a roll whereas the dura lar is pads. Thank you greatly for this video. Glad I did not buy the dura lar yet.

Where can I get black drafting film in the UK? Thanks for great demo!

Are those traditional thumbtacks or magnets? If magnets do you have a steel drafting surface then?

I'd be careful about thinking of Grafix drafting film as being a higher grade than Dura-Lar. In their FAQ, they say that drafting film is not actually archival, whereas Dura-Lar "meets the Library of Congress’ specifications for archival polyester film." Now they are talking about using the film for storage and interleaving, there, and not as a support for art, but the implication is that Dura-Lar is stable and inert and drafting film isn't. In my own experience, I have some pen and ink work on Grafix drafting film that's about 20 years old, and the film has very noticeably yellowed. It's been stored between sheets of acid-free, buffered Strathmore paper, in a drawer (so, no UV exposure). By contrast, I have a pad of wet media Dura-Lar that is... not quite that old, but from 2008-2009 or so, and it hasn't yellowed at all. Like you, I have a slight preference for the surface quality of the drafting film, but the yellowing really concerns me.