manufacturer Saunders colour white coloured texture smooth rough surface delicate tough staining soaks into paper floats on surface notes:I see why everyone like to use this paper as evryday use. Though...,I can't be bothered prefer not to…

manufacturer Holbein colour white coloured texture smooth rough surface delicate tough staining soaks into paper floats on surface notes:Texture feels rough..., or NOT SMOOTH on pencils & pens, but the line and colours place themselves as …

Tested out new colours (Holbein's W049 and W139) on 100% pulp (Holbein's Albireo) as undercoats, and...They stayed!Even after billion brushstrokes over them!\(^o^)/Cheers to the manufacturer for indicating staining powers in catalogue. Nex…

manufacturer Holbein colour white coloured texture smooth rough surface delicate tough staining soaks into paper floats on surface notes:I thought I like this paper,easy handling with really vivid granulation effects. It needed some time t…

manufacturer muse colour white coloured texture smooth rough surface delicate tough staining soaks into paper floats on surface notes:1. Super smooth.2. Super tough.3. Super slippery for watercolours. The 3rd was an ugh.Colourpencil colour…

manufacturer muse colour white coloured texture smooth rough surface delicate tough staining soaks into paper floats on surface notes:I had no problem at all, just like lamplight, but...the texture has regularly diagonal lines that just di…

manufacturer muse colour white coloured texture smooth rough surface delicate tough staining soaks into paper floats on surface notes:Loved it. Slow to dry.Takes forever to dry.But I guess it's needed for it's beautiful spreading effect. I…

manufacturer muse colour white coloured texture smooth rough surface delicate tough staining soaks into paper floats on surface notes:Texture is not smooth, but EXTRA SUPER FINE smooth.This paper is on the verge of being a watercolour pape…

manufacturer muse colour white coloured texture smooth rough surface delicate tough staining soaks into paper floats on surface notes: Super smooth, strong surface. I could draw and erase pencil lines all I want and didn't care.Edgemarks w…

manufacturer muse colour white coloured texture smooth rough surface delicate tough staining soaks into paper floats on surface notes: I can't think of anything bad to say about this paper, honestly.It let you focus on your work, and not a…

manufacturer muse colour white coloured texture smooth rough surface delicate tough staining soaks into paper floats on surface notes: I worked on 2 Watson side-by-side,and felt the "white" Watson kinda blue.Other than that, everything wen…

manufacturer muse colour white coloured texture smooth rough surface delicate tough staining soaks into paper floats on surface notes: Smooth, strong surface. Dries quick. Clear edgemarks.Everything you would expect from high-pulp-% papers…

...or, Watson vs White Watson. I'm entirely for the yellow. That said,I can paint white papers with yellow, but not the other way around. 🤔

After nearly 4yrs, I think I'm pretty settled with how to colour with colour pencils.Outline -> Block -> Fill -> Shade Then, there's that newly found fun of watercolours. Tint: Oops. The colour spreaded to where I wanted to leave white.Dar…

I noticed that, my eyes couldn't really tell the difference between RED+BLUE and RED+BLUE+WHITE. I've heard "watercolour should not use WHITE" because; White pigment hide whatever underneath. Ruining the whole purpose of choosing watercolo…

Blotches in the middle are all Sakura Cray-pas Transparent Watercolours, straight out of tube. Skin 1 Red + White 2 Skin Colour (Match Rainbow Colour) 3 Red + Yellow 4 Red + Yellow + Brown 5 Red + Cobalt Blue + White Undercoat 6 Vandyke Br…