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SELECTING THE RIGHT WATERCOLOR PAPER.
- Source :
- American Artist; Aug1971, Vol. 35 Issue 349, p28-62, 7p
- Publication Year :
- 1971
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Abstract
- The article presents several kinds of watercolor papers and offers advice on how to select the right one in terms of the medium and technique employed. Manufactured in Italy, France, and England, finest papers are named and letter coded as rough (R), hot pressed (HP), and cold pressed (CP). Weight of paper ranges from 50 to 300 pounds in a ream of 500 sheets, and as a rule, 70-pound paper or more is recommended for watercolor. Images of different kinds of paper with paint results are presented such as wet and dry techniques on a 54-pound rough paper.
- Subjects :
- WATERCOLOR paper
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00027375
- Volume :
- 35
- Issue :
- 349
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- American Artist
- Publication Type :
- Periodical
- Accession number :
- 51833808