Tough - watercolour on bond 110gsm - 20cm x 26cm by Gerhard Ritter

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You've tried heavyweight cartridge, no doubt - fun to use every now and then.

Posted by Robert Jones, Napa on Mon 24 May 18:46:06

Looks superb to me gerhard. I would love to be able to paint as loose as you . Brilliant.

Posted by Brendan Lochrie on Mon 24 May 20:25:26

I'll add that that to my list Robert. At this stage it's a bit of a muchness between the top contenders - Saunders Waterford and d'Arches. Watch this face... I mean space.

Posted by Gerhard Ritter on Mon 24 May 23:38:58

Both lovely papers - but you might enjoy one of the Daler Rowney heavyweight cartridges: with PLENTY of water, the paint just flows everywhere, in incredible intensity: point is, it flows over a small area then stops where you've stopped the water. And you can draw into it with fingernails etc.... think it would serve you well.

Posted by Robert Jones, Napa on Wed 26 May 20:18:49

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31/03/2015

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I'm still experimenting with papers - this stuff is so absorbent and unforgiving that it makes the task difficult. There's little chance of using waterbeads to mingle and blend so I had to apply lots of layers - not my favourite way to go.