Viceversa | handmade paper
It was in 2019 that three women (Roberta Gagliardini, Melania Tozzi, and Roberta Brencio) decided to establish the social cooperative Viceversa in the small town of Fabriano, a town with a paper-making tradition dating…
Tagged: watercolor paper
Winsor & Newton professional
Winsor & Newton provides everything related to art creation: Paints, paint surfaces, brushes and even small things like erasers, markers and charcoal. Their range of artist supplies is impressive. Of course, several of these…
Two Rivers watercolor paper
A more than 400-year-old paper mill in Somerset, southern England, houses the relatively newly formed Two Rivers (1979). The paper mill uses hydropower and self-produced electricity to run the traditional production of fine paper…
Vallis Clausa
There are small local paper mills that make fine paper, and some even make watercolor paper. The papers are often a bit special and have different properties than ordinary papers from large manufacturers. I…
Fabriano Artistico
Fabriano paper mill is Europe’s first major paper producer. There is evidence that cotton paper from the small town of Fabiano was already produced in the latter part of the 13th century. The paper…
Watercolor paper, texture
Watercolor paper is produced with different surfaces, ranging from smooth as window glass to rough as a gravel road. Which surface you choose is of great importance for the result. The surface of the…
Watercolor paper, thickness
Sometimes when I complain about a student’s watercolor paper, and say that it is too poor to give a successful result, the student points to the cover of the block and says: but it…
Saunders Waterford
Saunders Waterford from St Cuthberts Mill is the watercolor paper I use the most. If I were to judge what I have been painting on all these years, than probably half of my paintings…
Bockingford
Bockingford from St Cuthbert’s Mill is a relatively inexpensive alternative to the more expensive cotton paper. It is made of cellulose (wood) and is therefore not as durable as a cotton paper. Even if…
