Is there any paper that can replace watercolor paper?

Gouache! Never use sketch paper. To the first reply) because gouache and watercolor paper both retain water, and sketch paper will spread out and melt.

But like the second reply said that the color will not turn gray is wrong, Marley or other pigments will turn gray after drying, no matter what paper you use, and generally gray is mainly your color problem.

Watercolor paper is thicker than gouache paper, because watercolor painting has more gouache, which can easily cause the paper edge to be soft.

The general gouache paper can also replace the watercolor paper, but the gouache paper has larger pores, but the impact is not great.

Gouache can. Gouache is the abbreviation of gouache painting, which has a variety of names such as "propaganda color" in China, and has weak coverage compared with acrylic paint (or "concentrated advertising paint"). [1] It belongs to a special type of watercolor, that is, opaque watercolor pigments.

Because it is cheap, easy to learn and easy to use, it is often used as an introductory painting material for beginners to learn color painting, and its usage simulates oil painting techniques or watercolor techniques.

Gouache color purity and brightness.

When gouache pigment is wet, the saturation of its color is as high as that of oil paint, and after drying, due to the action of powder and the loss of color luster, the saturation is greatly reduced, which is the limitation of its color purity. The brightness of gouache is improved by diluting, adding powder, or light colors with more powdery pigments. Its dry and wet changes are very large, often some colors only add a little powder, when wet and dry, its brightness shows a difference of depth or light, which is the dry and wet reaction of gouache pigment.

Since the color of gouache generally becomes lighter after drying, the use of good powder is the most difficult problem to solve in gouache painting technique. The color of the powder makes the color of the picture full of the unique "powder" quality of gouache painting, and there is a particularly rich intermediate color, but the color delicacy of gouache painting is still far lower than that of oil painting.

No, because the paper used to paint watercolor painting must have the following abilities: 1. Water retention, that is, watercolor pigment can not be dried immediately after being applied to the paper, and it must be retained for a period of time before the pigment can produce a shading effect, which is the biggest feature of watercolor paper. Second, the reducing power of color is high, and the color cannot be absorbed by the paper or turned gray by chemical reaction.

3. Abrasion resistance, that is, it can withstand repeated brushing, and it can not be brushed with a few strokes. Fourth, the paper is required to have a relatively large thickness, and the quality of watercolor paper is generally 150 grams to 350 grams high. Most of the other papers cannot have the above four abilities at the same time.

The differences between gouache paper and watercolor paper are:

1. Gouache paper is a kind of gouache painting specially used to paint gouache.

The paper is absorbent and thick. The surface of the gouache paper has dot-shaped pits, and the concave side of the dots is the front. Gouache paper comes in different colors to serve as a background.

The different dots of each brand also have shades and roughness, rough relatively delicate gouache paper costs more pigment, if in the painting process, if there is more water, the color of the water will quickly change color, you need to add a very thick pigment to develop the color, and can cover the concave points of the paper.

2. Watercolor paper is a kind of paper specially used to paint watercolor, and the water absorption is generally better. Its characteristics are that it has higher water absorption than ordinary paper, thicker pounds, and stronger fibers on the paper surface, so it is not easy to break and pill due to repeated application.

Watercolor paper has fine lines and coarse lines, but on the whole they are more delicate. Watercolor paper is also divided into handmade paper and machine-made paper, and the workmanship in the production process is very fine, so the price of watercolor paper is relatively high.

Different uses: Gouache paper is dedicated to painting gouache paintings.

Watercolor paper is used to paint watercolor paintings.

The characteristics are different: the gouache paper has many circular grooves, which makes the gouache covering effect better, and the painting space effect is better. The watercolor paper is thicker and smoother, and when painting, it has a wet feeling, and the colors are more vivid.

Different water absorption: the water absorption of gouache paper is more ordinary, and too much water will make the gouache paper wrinkle and pill. Watercolor paper is highly absorbent, the paper is strong and wear-resistant, and the fiber is relatively thick, so it is not easy to break due to repeated application.

1. Different uses: gouache paper is dedicated to painting gouache paintings. Watercolor paper is used to paint watercolor paintings.

2. Different characteristics: gouache paper has many circular grooves, which makes the gouache covering effect better, and the space effect is better. The watercolor paper is thicker and smoother, and when painting, it has a wet feeling, and the colors are more vivid.

3. Different water absorption: the water absorption of gouache paper is relatively ordinary, and too much water will make the gouache paper wrinkle and pill. Watercolor paper is highly absorbent, the paper is strong and wear-resistant, and the fiber is relatively thick, so it is not easy to break due to repeated application.

Watercolor paper roughly starts from four aspects: brand, variety, texture, and packaging. 1.

Brand classification of paper: the large-scale production of watercolor paper Zhengyan manufacturers have France Canson, France Lana, Germany Hamnile, Britain Victor, Italy Fabiano, etc., among which Canson's paper is the most widely used, and according to the quality of the paper is divided into several series of low, medium and high-end, from low to high, there are Barbizon, Dreamfar, Fontaine leaf, Ashi. 2.

Classification of paper varieties: watercolor paper is divided into two categories according to the variety, one is wood pulp paper, the other is cotton pulp paper, cotton pulp paper is high-end paper, much better than wood pulp paper, and some paper is mixed with cotton and wood, I have not used it, shouting silver For the time being, it is all in the wood pulp paper, and the cotton pulp paper here refers to 100% cotton. Among the above brands, Barbizon, Lana, and Mengfar are wood pulp paper, and Fontaine Leaf, Hamnile, Victor, Fabiano (this one also looks like wood pulp paper), and Ashie are all cotton pulp.

3.Classification of paper texture: watercolor paper is also divided into fine grain paper, medium coarse pattern paper, and coarse grain paper according to the texture, these three classifications are not good or bad, according to your painting friends Kai painting objects and painting style and personal preferences to choose, like the delicate style of painting on the selection of fine lines, like freehand on the selection of coarse or coarse lines, I personally generally choose coarse lines, a wide range of paintings, the scenery of the characters is basically held.

4.Classification of paper packaging: It seems that it is not suitable to call the packaging, but I really can't find the right word, which means that there are two options for watercolor paper, watercolor book, and loose paper.

Watercolor book is generally recommended to use four-sided sealing, for beginner children, there must be no own studio and easel and the like, there is no condition to mount paper, then the four-sided sealing book is a good choice, just like the watercolor book has been framed for you, after painting with a hard card (such as a bank card) cut down. The advantage of watercolor books is convenience, and the disadvantage is naturally that they are a little more expensive. Loose paper is that you can buy by sheet, for example, buy a piece of 560mmx760mm paper, come back and cut it to the required size with a knife, the advantages and disadvantages of loose paper and watercolor books are just the opposite, cheaper but troublesome.

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