[Aquanet] Masa Paper

[pat davis]

Hi, Alan.

Your question is a good one as I bought some about four years ago to try 
some technique... and then I forgot about it and the technique. However, 
I did try it later- I crinkled it, wet it, spread it out, dried it, 
painted on it, then brayed it to a piece of more solid paper (matboard?) 
and glued it down. My memory is that it is a very delicate paper, so it 
won't take any scrubbing nor even much reworking. It seems to be paint 
and get out.

The oriental artists, of course, just paint directly on it without all 
the crinkling, etc.

FWIW
pat

alan zweigbaum wrote:
> I have not used Masa paper for quite a while.
> A friend gave me a sheet   and now I am trying to
> remember how to use it...
> If I am correct   Wet the paper ,crush it,open it up
> and paste it with Elmers Glue or Acrylic Matte Medium
> onto old Watercolor paper or wall paper...Use a Brayer
> to flatten it onto the paper..Let dry  and then paint
> on it....
> Some paint on the paper before wetting and crumbling
> Help!   I would appreciat any suggestions.
> This paper does not have any threads running thru it...
>