http://soulsongart.wordpress.com/2008/05/09/waiting-for-oil-based-ink-to-dry-and-handpainting-linocuts/ Art Drawing Printmaking Photography Australian Wildflowers Wildlife Studio Diary Mon, 14 Dec 2009 14:39:16 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://soulsongart.wordpress.com/2008/05/09/waiting-for-oil-based-ink-to-dry-and-handpainting-linocuts/#comment-280 Lyn Weir Wed, 04 Feb 2009 01:47:46 +0000 http://soulsongart.wordpress.com/?p=430#comment-280 Hi Sue - thankyou for your kind comments about my work! In regards to paper - I haven't as yet blogged about that...perhaps I should put that on the list to do in the near future. The only problem is the lsit is quite large at the moment! I currently use Arches or Saunders Waterford Hot press watercolour paper - it is acid free cotton based - around 300gsm in weight. I have in the past used some lovely acid free handmade Japanese paper with lovely 'pieces' of things like mulberry through them. You do however have to be careful when using watercolours as these paper will tend to crinkle or distort in combination with the oil based ink. I find if I limit the amount of water in the watercolour and apply thin layers of colour letting it dry in between layers this can overcome most of these problems. The thinner the paper the easier it distorts when watercolour is added. Sometimes it is a bit of trial and error. I hope this helps and I will blog a bit more about paper soon! Kind regards Lyn Hi Sue – thankyou for your kind comments about my work!
In regards to paper – I haven’t as yet blogged about that…perhaps I should put that on the list to do in the near future. The only problem is the lsit is quite large at the moment!
I currently use Arches or Saunders Waterford Hot press watercolour paper – it is acid free cotton based – around 300gsm in weight. I have in the past used some lovely acid free handmade Japanese paper with lovely ‘pieces’ of things like mulberry through them. You do however have to be careful when using watercolours as these paper will tend to crinkle or distort in combination with the oil based ink. I find if I limit the amount of water in the watercolour and apply thin layers of colour letting it dry in between layers this can overcome most of these problems. The thinner the paper the easier it distorts when watercolour is added. Sometimes it is a bit of trial and error.
I hope this helps and I will blog a bit more about paper soon!
Kind regards
Lyn

]]> http://soulsongart.wordpress.com/2008/05/09/waiting-for-oil-based-ink-to-dry-and-handpainting-linocuts/#comment-279 sue.h Wed, 04 Feb 2009 01:09:07 +0000 http://soulsongart.wordpress.com/?p=430#comment-279 Lyn - I have been looking through your beautiful work and your interesting tutorials - so much great information! Thank you!! I am interested to know what paper you use. I have used some of the beautiful cotton printing paper in the past but I found it didn't take the water colours well, which was disappointing because it is so thick and lovely and beautiful :) Do you use the cotton based printing paper for the prints you are colouring, or do you use heavy water colour paper... or something completely different?! Thanks! Lyn – I have been looking through your beautiful work and your interesting tutorials – so much great information! Thank you!!
I am interested to know what paper you use. I have used some of the beautiful cotton printing paper in the past but I found it didn’t take the water colours well, which was disappointing because it is so thick and lovely and beautiful
Do you use the cotton based printing paper for the prints you are colouring, or do you use heavy water colour paper… or something completely different?! Thanks!

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