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Watercolor study so far. This time I used rough paper, but this paper is even worse. It’s Arches (which is a top brand) but the sizing on it seems to be missing in key spots. I had to rewet it with shellac soap to resize it.pic.twitter.com/ImP4f9Mzdy
The thing about watercolor and paper is if it doesn’t have some form of barrier—usually a gelatin soaked into the paper—them the water just soaks right in and spreads around like a tissue paper. The sizing makes the watercolor sit on top of the paper.
The roughness of the paper determines how subsequent layers of watercolor go on, and if you can lift them off. If the paper is rough then pigment goes into the valleys and the next layer doesn’t modify it, but it also impossible to get pigment off. If it’s smooth you can.
So on this arches paper the paper is very rough, which is great for layering, but at this rough it needs a lot of sizing to take the water in each wash. Since sizing is usually a gelatin it can get old and stop working.
I wish I were skilled enough to be limited by my tools.
Are you trying to art? What are you looking to learn? I can point you at resources, and if you give me some samples and what you find difficult I can recommend more. Ultimately though it’s just practice every day and brutal objective critique that gets you farther.
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