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Hahnemühle Watercolor Sketchbook Review: Part 3

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Hahnemühle Watercolor Sketchbook Review: Part 2

Platinum Carbon Black ink fountain pen sketch with watercolor washes. This page was taped off with Nichiban masking tape. The tape removed cleanly. As mentioned in the text the paper buckles from the watercolor application—this is clearly see at the top of the scan where the page is wavy even when placed weighted on the scanner. I made this sketch later in my use of the book and am starting to grow accustom to water usage on the paper. The cold press texture of the paper allows interesting puddles of paint when using sedimentary colors like Azure blue. Mixing colors on the page is possible because of the quality of the sizing and the flow it promotes. (I was testing a palettes of new colors for this sketch.)

Hahnemühle Watercolor Sketchbook Review: Part 1

A stack of signatures made by tearing down large sheets of Nideggen paper—they await binding.

The Potentiality of the Page

Here's a closer look at those dirty washes.

In Context: Dirty Brushes

Here is a detail of the sketch showing a bit of lifting around the nose.

A Couple More Thoughts on Green and Flat Brushes

After completing a quick sketch with a solid fiber-tipped brush pen I picked up my 1 inch flat watercolor brush and added in washes on this piece.

Play with Different Brushes as Well as Different Pigments: More Green

Another direct brush painting withe greenish umber, azure blue, and a bit of red (didn't note down the pigment).

Project Friday: Direct Brush Painting and Some More Green

A 9 x 12 inch brush pen portrait with watercolor washes and a Montana Marker acrylic background. That yellowish color—that's Schmincke's Green Yellow.

This Is Not A Review—The Best Laid Plans

In Context—Favorite Papers

October 27, 2017

Platinum Carbon Black ink from their fountain pen, with washes of watercolor (complementary colors mixed to work monochromatically. On Stonehenge.

Sometimes you can search and search and test and test, and you just keep coming back to a favorite paper. For me I love to paint on white Stonehenge paper. It isn’t a watercolor paper—the washes need a different handling than on watercolor paper. Yet there is something so fun about working on the paper—the drag, the push, the way the wash settles—that I am always reaching for it.

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- ellen meyers
- October 27, 2017
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So inspiring. Thanks!!
1. - Roz Stendahl
  - October 29, 2017
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  Thank you for stopping by Ellen! I appreciate it. I’m glad you enjoyed this.

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