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As I am so incredibly old…I think I have taken over from lovely Syd ( only people of a certain age remember Syd) he could be curmudgeonly as well. Anyhow ,as I was saying ..because if my age I seem to have acquired “stuff” in boxes, in bags,in drawers and in cupboards . In this “stuff” I have found a wonderful piece of paper . I have just used it for my last pic of my rewilding flowers. It is extremely thick literally like card, it has a rough tooth and a lovely uncut edge . I can’t find a watermark .
On using it with inktense it didn’t absorb and seems to have some sort of surface . It was interesting to use as the tooth made textures. I haven’t a clue how it got in my cupboard and it’s a one off . Any thoughts or ideas …answers on a post card please.
Actually I would like some more of it ,it was a delight to use.
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Whatman comes to mind Sylvia, unfortunately no longer making paper but a lovely watercolour paper to work on.
I recently found a spiral pad of Whatman in one of my portfolios from years ago, used it up now of course!
There was also Whatman board, very thick stuff.and obviously never cockled even under multiple washes.
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I used nothing else when I first started painting (or trying to paint) with watercolour.
Unfortunately there is no near equivalent on the market today!
I’m using Arches 400lb Cold Pressed for my current watercolour series - it’s obviously thick and doesn’t cockle, and takes multiple heavy washes really well.
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Sylvia, I remember the lovely Syd. He gave me good tips on brushes once, and I’ve used them ever since (Jackson’s black hog acrylic brushes). He also advised me to the use the thickest paper I could afford. Like you a while back I found some old watercolour paper in a cupboard in the garage, extremely thick. I can remember I bought it from Patchings art fair, decades ago! I’ve used it all up now, it was great for acrylics. I think it was the Cuthberts Mill stand, they sold it in blocks, I think it was 500lb! Fabulous paper.
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Millford is said to be based on Whatman paper - suitably expensive, certainly; and I've never tried it. I expect Alan B has? I'm sure I've never used the Whatman hand-made paper, but may have used their mould-made paper - though it would have been wasted on me at the time, I wasn't good enough to deserve it. When I paint in watercolour, which I rarely do now, I use Arches - have used Hahnemuehle, Schoellershammer (both have good qualities), Saunders (Sanders?) Waterford, and a good many others. The best inexpensive paper I found was Bockingford - Canson was interesting - The Langton ditto. But it is a great pity that you can't get one of the most famous of watercolour papers now - presumably the cost of manufacture made it no longer viable?
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No, in actual fact I haven’t tried Milford paper, but as you rightly say Robert, it’s based on the style of Whatman papers that were so loved by many watercolour artists all those decades ago.
I’ve just had a look on their website and the thickest available is 140lbs which will require stretching!
I’m more than capable of stretching my own paper and have the Kraft gummed tape, but I prefer to pay for the thicker stuff these days…
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One of his best lines was when he'd recommended his favourite black hogs, and someone came back for more answers - his reply, summarized, was 'I've TOLD you what to get, now go and do it!' I'd have to look up what he actually said, but that's what he meant. And what did he say to Daveboyz - whom I miss, by the way - was it 'Buffoon!', or 'Poltroon!' - ? David could be a bit combative, but I found his work interesting and his opinions a lot more to my taste than to Syd's. On the whole...
Black hogs; Liz Deakin watercolour palette; hated Pthalo Green and Viridian; Syd's opinions have a way of staying with you. As did those of Bloodaxe (well named!), if anyone remembers.
I don't want to stretch paper - I have the tape and the boards too, but I just hate doing it; give me good, thick paper - but where can you find the best that won't cost you as much as a mattress cover...?
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Ah…BloodAxe…aka Mick Saunders he and I hit it off on the wrong foot initially then got on like a house on fire…Daveboyze and I never did see eye to eye. Syd called me Bonnie in the Scottish sense so he was friend for life. Robert you have big shoes to fill.
I’m back in contact with Martin Williamson, though he might still be around and I’ve missed his postings .Lovely, lovely watercolours Also know as Cobbdybook …sort of . I’ve just bought a calendar from him..A train driver from Yorkshire.
Several names I still miss .
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