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I can't see watercolour working at all on cardboard, though gouache probably would. Acrylic clearly does too, but I'd want to prime the surface first, or you're likely to end up with a very dry, matte-looking paint. Cardboard is, of course, a term that covers a multitude of sins - I remember the khaki-brown stuff, that became brittle and cracked in a very short time; thin and horrible, wouldn't be in any way a good painting surface. The back of a sketch-pad would be a different matter to that: much thicker, to start with, and lighter in tone. But if you do produce a good painting on any cardboard, do ensure you protect the corners, and come to that all the edges, against knocks, and damp.
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I would not want to use cardboard for watercolour, you would loose so much of the translucent qualities of the paint, even if it were primed. There is a reason that manufacturers have spent time developing quality products, particularly paper that enhances the paint you use. I always use the best I can afford, not always the most expensive, but definitely not the cheap stuff you can pick up nowadays. I have used a stretched canvas for a boat painting but that’s what was asked for, it did work quit well , but I would have preferred top quality paper. On the odd occasion that I have a commission, I do use the best as the Clint is paying for it in the end. I will get of my bandwagon before I fill the site and start to drivel on and on etc.
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Going back to my painting . I ruined it today! I thought that I would try again to lighten the sky by applying another thin white glaze and extend it over the distant trees. As soon as I applied the glaze it dried instantly and I could not wipe off the white streaks across the trees! I tried a bit of scratching, but that didn't work. So I have started repainting bits of the trees. I know I was pushing my luck with acrylic glazes. I had considered moving over to oil for this process. If only I had, I wouldn't have to redo the trees.