“Pripyat”, John Jude Palencar, Watercolor & white gouache, 10.25″W x 13.00″H, Coldpress WC paper. (or watercolor board)… Please comment and list what you like about the paper and what you don’t like. Hey – if anybody knows of a decent watercolor paper. I do know there are good papers still out there…. I don’t know if this is because of enviormental regulations or simple cost saving shortcuts. They all confirm that some papermakers are cutting corners in their manufacturing process. I’ve spoken to other illustrators and painters about this…. A good watercolor paper should not behave in this manner. But it simplying did not have enough sizing in it. Part of my reason for using opaque mediums in these work was due to the failure of the paper. Therefore these attempts are only the beginning (again). To render something with pure transparent colors yields wonderful effects and beautiful results – That is my goal. If I hadn’t these attempts would have been completely lost in a sea of mud and chewed up surfaces. I was able to rescue each attempt by introducing and opaque medium. A decent paper should be able to take a beating from a number of common watercolor techniques. You would think for the cost and weight of this unnamed paper that it would have insured an admirable result. I had purchased a 300lb hot & coldpress paper. “Centurion”, John Jude Palencar, Watercolor, Gesso & ink, 19.75″W x 15.25″H, Hotpress WC paper.
Depending upon the area of the painting you’re looking at! While they were intinally approached with true watercolor methods in mind, I had to change my approach due to the aggravating attributes of the watercolor paper & probably my long forgotten knowledge. However they are about fifty to seventy percent watercolor. Even though these are watercolors they are not of a pure nature… meaning, I have introduced an opaque medium such as gesso or gouache and even a touch of acrylic or ink. I will have to find my old favories to see if they have undegone any alterations to their cellulose personalities.įollowing, are my first attempts. Since I am at the beginning of a new search for a selection of papers. Others have changed recipes for economic reasons (?). It seems that certain manufacturers have cut corners and now produce inferior papers. Since my absense the world of watercolor paper has changed in some cases, drastically. I was shocked to find out that it would not be as easy as I had thought it would. Realizing that I have been away from the watercolor medium for so long and that it would take a bit of time to acclimate my watercolor senses to their former sharpend perception. Recently I decide to visit the past through watercolor.
It suits the illustration field and my artistic temperament. Occasionally I will paint an oil or egg tempera… mostly, I’ve worked in acrylic. Over the years I have moved away watercolor and used pastel, egg tempera, oil…finally settling on acrylic. Transparent watercolor was the chosen medium of my art teacher Frederick C.
When I first began to seriously develop my art I was in high school. “Tree Goblin, John Jude Palencar, Watercolor and gesso, 8.22″W x 8.32″H
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