Notes on various papers used by artists.
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Printmaking
Copperplate

Coventry Rag


Domestic Etching
- Very little sizing so it does not take watercolors or guache at all.
- Soft fluffy touch to the paper
- Prints drypoints fantastically
- Cheap - great student paper.
Pescia

Rives BFK
German Etching

Hahnemuhle Papers Copperplate
Pescia
- Has two distinct sides
Somerset

Stonehenge
