Video: Watercolor Painting Supplies: Paper

Watercolor paper is a painting supply that can affect the texture and versatility of a painting. Learn about selecting paper for watercolor painting with tips from an award-winning artist in this free video on watercolor supplies.

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Watercolor paper is definitely a personal choice. The reason I use what I use, this is what they call a 300 pound, which is a very heavy sturdy watercolor paper and the nice thing about a heavier watercolor paper is that you can fix mistakes easier and it stands up to a lot of abuse when you are working on your piece. My suggestion is if you have tried watercolor in the past and it has not been successful perhaps the paper that you were using was too light of a weight it was probably a 90 pound or 140. Buy yourself a sheet of 300 pound and I think you'll really see a big difference in the colors and how you can work with the paper. There are two different kinds of paper basically there is a heavy 300 pound which I have talked about and you can get a hot press which is a very smooth texture or what they call a cold press which is a rough texture. I prefer the rough texture, again it is more versatile for me, you can, the paint tends to float on the surface of it a little bit more so again you can dab it off if you've made an error whereas with the smoother texture it tends to suck the paint right in. So again buy a piece of each and experiment and find what works out the best for you.

Watercolor Painting Supplies: Paper

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