I’ve been experimenting with the “wrong” side of the paper. It’s basically just the the smoother side of the paper. It’s suppose to be better for getting finer detail and since I do more detailed work I thought I’d give it a try. I really like the smoothness of it. It actually makes me want to try out some hot press paper. I’ll have to test that out and tell you my experience with that. I didn’t notice too much of a difference in color, but I was able to get more of the detail I wanted because I didn’t have the grain of the paper getting in my way. I also noticed that it dried flatter as well, which was interesting.
So I will probably use the other side of the paper from now on. If you’re doing a style of painting that requires a lot of detail you might like using the other side, but if you’re going for a more impressionistic look the more textured side would probably work better.
If you try it out, let me know how goes for you! Unfortunately I spilled my rinse water all over my painting so I don’t have a picture to show you for comparison, but I will soon.
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