Comment 62319
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For really detailed stuff: arches hot press. However, If you like to "pick up" your watercolors, then I suggest a cold press 100% rag illustration board (to check this, look at the cross section of the board. If it is all white, then it's 100% paper all the way through. If not, it wll be grey in the center, and that means it's 100% rag paper mounted on cardboard, wich will not tale watercolor so well). If your using many mediums, the cold press illustration board is the way to go, but I loves me my arches. It takes layers really really well.
Comment ID 62319
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Cool, thanks so much! I'll try both of those. Any particular weight for the paper, or does it only come in one weight? I can see how Arches would be good for layering - when I was in school we used it for printmaking and it really sucked the pigments into itself. Dunno how much of a difference it'll be with watercolour paper, but it'll be fun to find out! Thanks again! ^^
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thelarsenproject I lean towards buying the blocks, but the heavier the weight the more you can soak it up before it crinkles. Illustration board is normally quite heavy, so no worries there.jojo-kun I usually apply gesso to the underside of illustration board so it won't warp so much.. and I got some plywood so I can pre-stretch watercolour paper if I need to. I'd hate to ruin the pretty edges of Arches by doing that, though.. so I'll try to get a heavier paper if at all possible. Thanks again!