[Aquanet] of paper and all that

[Patrick Davis]

NitaLeland wrote:
> Every brand of paper has different characteristics in addition to the 
> surface texture. My favorites are Arches, because it's tough and 
> reliable, and Winsor & Newton, which is almost as tough and is whiter. 
> I don't like Lana paper or Whatman, which seem too soft to me, but 
> some of the Fabrianos are okay.
I have not used Lana or Whatman, but I do use W&M, d'Arches and Saunders 
Waterford, all in 140# cold press. I find the latter two to be quite 
similar; that is they are tough papers that take quite a bit of scrubbing.

I find the W&N to be whiter and softer. It was in using the W&N that I 
stopped stretching my paper as I found the preliminary soaking changed 
the surface in a way I didn't like. Unsoaked W&N has a surface that is 
almost sensual- in the classical sense of the word. If it was cotton 
material, one would say "it has a nice hand." The other two are 
"harsher" to me.

That said, I think all are good papers and serve very well.

FWIW
pat
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