{"id":1178,"date":"2017-07-03T14:31:20","date_gmt":"2017-07-03T18:31:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spqrblues.com\/V\/?p=1178"},"modified":"2017-07-03T15:03:39","modified_gmt":"2017-07-03T19:03:39","slug":"sotd-daily-watercolour-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/spqrblues.com\/V\/2017\/07\/sotd-daily-watercolour-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Sketch of the day: daily watercolour"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have at least 30 (possibly more) different types of watercolour sampler papers that I’d like to test, so I’m going to try to do a little piece of art each day–maybe during lunch breaks, so I can make sure I do them quickly, not worrying about the drawing details. Or worrying about, you know, anatomy and stuff.<\/p>\n

Also of course I’m going to try to keep the comic chugging along.<\/p>\n

Today’s “spend no more than an hour on it this time” test of the paper samples stars St. Cuthberts Mill<\/a> Milford 140lb cotton cold press (“not”) paper.<\/p>\n

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Light pencil erases easily; paints lift well; the paper warps when wet but dries flat; and I discovered I need to learn PATIENCE before layering on this type of paper–it doesn’t dry immediately, but stays workable for a while, so I found myself accidentally scrubbing off the underlayer of paint.<\/p>\n

I was also being my usual timid self, and the colours looked a bit washed out. I think more (patient) layering would give a much more vivid result, judging by how bright the more pigment-dense paints along the side look when thumped on the paper in masstone (in “full strength,” so to speak).<\/p>\n

According to the manufacturer<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Millford is the newest watercolour paper developed by St Cuthberts Mill. It is styled on the discontinued Whatman watercolour paper….It is mould made from 100% cotton (just like the original Whatman), and its beautiful surface is created using natural woollen felts. It is deliberately created to have a high resistance to water, so its washes perform very differently to traditional watercolour papers.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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