#paper comparison

I've got new paper and compared it with my old.

From top to bottom:

- Fabriano, 25% cotton, fin, cold press

- Canson, no info, fin, cold press

- Chiisen, no info at all

The same watercolor paint on each piece, wet-on-dry. Feel the difference, as they say.

Other than being different sketches, the same COPIC colors were used on both. The only difference is the paper.

Left is strathmore Bristol series 300

Right is the series 500

I’m a bit torn…the markers blend much better on the 500 which I’m all for. The pigments are also more vivid (but I’m not sure I LOVE that, it might be too vivid). The difference is pretty obvious. What do you guys think?

Field Notes Utility’s amazing Mohawk paper

As far as I remember there’s one episode of The Pen Addict podcast where Myke, living in the UK like me, got his Field Notes subscription before Brad. Usually, though, it takes a bit longer for a subscription delivery to hit this side of the pond – but in the end (about two weeks later than most) the 34th quarterly edition ‘Utility’ hit my letterbox. Overall Build Quality Lead Fast’s review of…

Watercolor practice and paper comparison.

Office print paper

Quite impossible to paint, paper is too thin.

Drawing paper

Not thin, but bad absorbing quality. It could be used for a quick sketches when there is no other choices.

Watercolor paper

Obviously, the best choice and should be used always if possible.

So, if watercolor paper is run out, drawing paper may be used as an replacement, and office paper not.

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  The next Field Notes edition, Black Ice, has already been announced, so posting this Lunacy reviw end of November means I’m a bit late to the party, but anyway: here’s a quick look at the paper used in the Lunacy edition, Domtar Earth Choice and a comparison with the best and the worst Field Notes paper I have used so far.   The Boise Paper (County Fair) The Boise Offset Smooth 50#T “Whitewash”…