Paper Absorption & Watercolor Painting

Video Transcript

" Hi! I’m John Junger. I do the paintings that we’re going to be talking about, the watercolors. I’m here representing expertvillage.com. These are 100 % rag content. Basically, there are a few materials that you can use to make paper. You can use some of the modern fiber, which to me has a much different effect as far as the starch and when you’re putting a wash on it. Some people like that effect, so that’s again a preference of your own. The 100 % rag will not yellow with age. It holds the colors. When you get any kind of wood pulp in your paper, it’s going to affect the colors either now or later when it’s starts yellowing. As you all know, wood pulp is used for making newsprint. Newsprint will yellow and darken with age. Watercolors on the paper, if they’re good life fast watercolors and the paper has good longevity, probably is good or not better than oils. You don’t have to worry about in 30 years or 40 years the colors fading out or the paper turning color. "