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 Posted: Sat Jan 07, 2006 10:41 pm
I've been searching for a watercolor paper that doesn't have any texture to it... seems odd... but I really hate the texture found on watercolor paper... And the only thing I found that works similar to watercolor paper but without the texture is illustration boards... and those are expensive. Help? Anyone?
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Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2006 7:25 am
Look for water colorpaper that says it's got a weight of 400(? I'll check mine.) pressed. That's the best kind you can get.
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Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2006 11:22 am
ChiAkarui Look for water colorpaper that says it's got a weight of 400(? I'll check mine.) pressed. That's the best kind you can get.
Is it textureless? ^^; sorry... I really suck when it comes to finding watercolor paper... @_@
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Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2006 11:30 am
Sakamoto Yuki ChiAkarui Look for water colorpaper that says it's got a weight of 400(? I'll check mine.) pressed. That's the best kind you can get.
Is it textureless? ^^; sorry... I really suck when it comes to finding watercolor paper... @_@No. No watercoor paper I know of it textureless. The texture is there to soak up the water so the paper doesn't wrinkle and such. But, the knd that I recomend is close to textureless.
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Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2006 6:48 pm
If you want it smooth and durable try out some Strathmore illustration board (mucho dinero) or try using Bristol board. Bristol works great with inks and watercolor, it doesn't fray, it may warp slightly. It's ultra smooth and just thick enough to be durable, but it can even go through your ink-jet printer!
Here's a tip:
Size the paper first. Fully submerge it in water for a bit, then take it out, wipe it down with a smooth sponge. Let it dry by taping the very edges down to some sort of foam-core or matboard, or heck, even the drawing table. This way there will be no surprises in the paper's behavior.
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Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2006 2:51 pm
Sakamoto Yuki I've been searching for a watercolor paper that doesn't have any texture to it... seems odd... but I really hate the texture found on watercolor paper... And the only thing I found that works similar to watercolor paper but without the texture is illustration boards... and those are expensive. Help? Anyone? I usually just use the backside of the watercolour paper if I don't want to have any texture. Though it doesn't always work that well (some small parts of the surface might come loose of you use too much water ._.'''). Depends on the paper, I guess.
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Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2006 12:25 pm
Strathmore, Arches, Fabriano brands all make "hot pressed" w/c paper which is the smoothest, and usually least expensive. Illustration board is still much smoother but, hot pressed is pretty close. I recently found Rowney watercolor boards in a 3-pak at Michael's(like AC Moore). It comes in 2 or 3 different sizes too, 9x12, 11x14.... good luck!
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Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2006 11:56 am
Sakamoto Yuki I've been searching for a watercolor paper that doesn't have any texture to it... seems odd... but I really hate the texture found on watercolor paper... And the only thing I found that works similar to watercolor paper but without the texture is illustration boards... and those are expensive. Help? Anyone? arches watercolor compressed paper... look for that at a local art store.... if they dont have that then i guess you are out of luck
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Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2006 6:48 pm
hmm... my friend had an almost completely textureless watercolour paper the other day... I know it was a type of hot-pressed, but other than that I am not sure... I will try to remember to ask him for ya though ^.^
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Posted: Sun Mar 26, 2006 11:20 am
Hot pressed watercolor paper with at least 400 pound weight. Should be good enough. The more paper weight the better.
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