[Aquanet] Try Twinrocker all the way to the edge - and what about Fabriano Esportazione?

[patchapin at mindspring.com]

Esportazione is the best paper Fabriano ever made, but I'm not thinking it 
is 'sensual'; use it once and you bet you have a lot of respect for the 
material, as Donna says, it isn't a forgiving paper.  For some reason, it is 
harder to find than it used to be.  I like Fabriano papers anyway, but I 
don't think 'sensual' is in it like for Twinrocker.  Maybe I'm misreading 
Pat Davis, lol!

pat chapin

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Donna Barnes-Roberts" <donna at barnesroberts.com>
To: <aquanet at thedigitalbraintrust.net>
Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2009 3:04 PM
Subject: [Aquanet] Try Twinrocker all the way to the edge - and what about 
Fabriano Esportazione?


>I do occasionally wander into the esoteric papers.  While my normal
> day-to-day paper is Fabriano Artistico 140 lb. cold pressed, which is
> very forgiving and easy to work with, sometimes I am lured to the
> sensual side of the handmade papers.  I like working all the way to the
> deckles on the Twinrocker - I am attaching one I did on that.
>
> The other really sensual paper I have used is Fabriano Esportazione, 150
> lb. ROUGH.  It is NOT forgiving, but you can get surprisingly sharp
> edges and wonderful deep and dark wet-on-wet work.  And the surface
> texture is just not to be believed.  It is unlike ANY other paper I have
> used. You just can't make mistakes (heh, heh).  No fancy feather
> deckles, but really amazing texture.
>
> As an aside - I have read people talking about how some papers don't
> accept paint well.  Over the years, I have discovered that almost all
> brands I have used have occasional pieces of paper that get "dandruff".
> This happens when you are painting and think that you have wetted the
> paper thoroughly with paint, but when it dries, you realize that there
> are tiny white spots in the wash that the paint never touched.  This is
> not always noticeable in light colored areas, but where you have a dark
> passage it looks like dandruff has speckled your paint.
>
> As a result, I always treat my paper before painting with ox gall
> liquid.  I put a half a capfull of the liquid (made by Winsor Newton)
> into 8 ounces of water, then paint it liberally on the paper I need to
> treat.  After drying, you can't tell it was treated - but washes lay
> down better, and "dandruff" is a thing of the past.
>
> I have attached paintings showing results on both Twinrocker and
> Esportazione.  You can probably tell which is which.
>
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