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Hi Paddy,
Sorry I took a while in getting back to your question about paper.
Choose a paper with a very fine texture. If you can see any 'roughness' when you tilt the paper to a light source, then propably too textured.
Plain old 80gsm copy paper is what I use. Cheap and smooth without being shiny. Though you usually need to make up some type of pad if your source of paper is a ream.
Many types of sketch pads use 'cartridge' paper, which is too heavily textured. Easy enough to check as I detailed above. I wouldn't worry about the cost of the paper reflecting on its quality at this stage. These initial sketches are a means unto an end with your final 'black paper' ones. You want something that works for you.
I'm hoping to get some done with the next New Moon. I've got a new 8" f/4 rich field scope that demands a dark sky. Saw Eta Carina from Sydney at 26X in a 68deg. EP. It's enormous! The sky glow in this scope is a killer though in Sydney. Hopefully the skies will be clear in two weeks!
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