watercolour
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I've recently uploaded photos taken on
our recent long weekend, plus a
watercolour I'm working on. The photos
are in the Photography section under
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painting is under Arts and Craft,
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Testing paper
Having got a field box of watercolours
recently, and just ordered some artist
quality ones to replace some of my Winsor
and Newton Cotman ones, I thought I'd
check on my stocks of paper - in
particular watercolour sketch books. I
have a block of paper, and an envelope of
loose, both too large to use in the
field. I also have a small sketch book
with about 10 sheets left.
So I decided to test a sheet from each of the acrylic pads I have - a Daler Rowney Cryla one and a Winsor and Newton Galeria one. I just did two washes on each, Now flat washes are not my strong point, but I can do a reasonable job on watercolour paper. The paint sat on top of both sheets - it didn't pool especially, but it wasn't absorbed much by the paper either. This was more noticeable on the Cryla. They dried a lot quicker, too, making harder to get a good wash. Again, this was most noticeable on the Cryla. When the second wash went on it was obvious that it was easier than normal to lift the layer underneath. The Winsor and Newton Galeria paper didn't look too bad, and I may use it in future occasionally. The Daler-Rowney Cryla sheet looks awful though - individual brush strokes are still very recognisable in places, and it looks dull. In both cases, the canvas texture looks a little odd, but the looser effect on the Galeria sheet looks better.
I think I will be getting myself a pad of proper watercolour paper at some point soon though!
So I decided to test a sheet from each of the acrylic pads I have - a Daler Rowney Cryla one and a Winsor and Newton Galeria one. I just did two washes on each, Now flat washes are not my strong point, but I can do a reasonable job on watercolour paper. The paint sat on top of both sheets - it didn't pool especially, but it wasn't absorbed much by the paper either. This was more noticeable on the Cryla. They dried a lot quicker, too, making harder to get a good wash. Again, this was most noticeable on the Cryla. When the second wash went on it was obvious that it was easier than normal to lift the layer underneath. The Winsor and Newton Galeria paper didn't look too bad, and I may use it in future occasionally. The Daler-Rowney Cryla sheet looks awful though - individual brush strokes are still very recognisable in places, and it looks dull. In both cases, the canvas texture looks a little odd, but the looser effect on the Galeria sheet looks better.
I think I will be getting myself a pad of proper watercolour paper at some point soon though!