drawing paper

1 2.4

A sheet with a surface that is good for drawing or sketching

noun

: papel para dibujar

Each youth was given a pencil, a box of markers, crayons, and colored pencils along with a sheet of white drawing paper to draw and color a drawing about the Ojibwe clan system.
a sheet of drawing paper

Examples

What you will need for this is drawing paper, tracing paper, a grey pencil and a black pen and that's it.
Give me some drawing paper and crayons.

Lethal Weapon (1987)
I pushed past her, and my eyes fell on her drawing paper.

Fiction book (1995)
Ask the students to trace their hands and feet on a sheet of drawing paper.

Academic text (1997)
Everyone in class got their own box of colored pens and as much drawing paper as they wanted.

Fiction book (1999)
Ask the students to trace their hands and feet on a sheet of drawing paper.
Everyone in class got their own box of colored pens and as much drawing paper as they wanted.
Step 1: Have your child draw a self-portrait with a pencil on white drawing paper.

Synonyms

sketchbook

vsdrawing paper

13 2.1

A book with blank pages for making quick drawings

is the base material made with a drawing-suitable surface

pad of paper

vsdrawing paper

5 1.0

A set of paper sheets joined at one edge for writing or drawing

is specific paper made with a surface suited to drawing tasks

sketch pad

vsdrawing paper

3 2.7

A book of blank paper for drawing or making quick pictures

is the underlying sheets designed specially for drawing

sketchpad

vsdrawing paper

1 2.8

A book of blank pages for drawing

is the paper material made with a surface suited to sketching

cartridge paper

vsdrawing paper

4.8

Thick good quality paper for drawing or printing

is defined by a surface made specifically for drawing and drafting

sketch block

vsdrawing paper

2.7

A book of blank paper for drawing quick pictures

is the core sheet material produced with drawing-friendly surface

How Thick

drawing paper

1 2.4

sketchbook

13 2.1

newsprint

14 3.6

tracing paper

1 2.5

Surface Forms

drawing paper singular

drawing papers plural

Morphology

drawing + paper

The meaning 'paper suitable for drawing' is directly and transparently derived from 'drawing' (making pictures by hand) modifying 'paper' — a straightforward noun+noun compounding pattern. This compositional, non-idiomatic relation is cross-linguistically common (e.g., Spanish 'papel de dibujo', French 'papier à dessin'), so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the intended sense.

Etymology

Drawing paper is named for its use: it is a special kind of paper that artists and architects choose because its surface holds pencil, charcoal, or ink without smudging. That's why drawing paper means 'paper made for drawing, drafting, or sketching'.