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Lots to know about watercolor paper. Its what makes watercolor. look like watercolors
 

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Art Lessons by Captain Watercolor

Watercolor paper comes in three grades, cold pressed, hot pressed, and rough.

 

Paper also comes in many different weights, such as, 140 pound.

 

Paper also comes in different sizes and even in special pads called blocks and on rolls.

 

The choice is really quite simple, BUT, if you don't know what you are doing its also really easy to waste your money on the wrong choices.

Watercolor palette showing a warm and cool paint for each of the primary colorsThis is a map of the captains color
palette.
See materials list below.

PAINTS

........( sedimentary )

0 - Red

1 - Yellow

2 - Green

3 - Blue

.......( non sedimentary )

4 - Cool Blue

5 - Warm Blue

6 - Warm Red

7 - Cool Red

8 - Warm Yellow

9 - Cool Yellow


PAPER
BRUSHES


For an explanation of the properties of the paints, ( Like warm and cool ) see the lesson on paints in the materials section.

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