Making Sea-water -using watercolor paper in 1/700-- PART ONE

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Re: Making Sea-water -using watercolor paper in 1/700-- PART

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Hello all welcome to 2021...

yes--I am still using the watercolourists paper

so this thread is still current!

I hope it will be still useful to others

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Re: Making Sea-water -using watercolor paper in 1/700-- PART

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Do you prefer the hand-made watercolor paper (usually large sheets with a rough edge), or manufactured watercolor paper, measured and cut and bound in a pad? Both are textured.
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Re: Making Sea-water -using watercolor paper in 1/700-- PART

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For convenience and repeatability...

I buy a large A3 Pad -- and in 1/70 and 1/350 it last me a decade or so!!

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Re: Making Sea-water -using watercolor paper in 1/700-- PART

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Don't know how big A3 is, but I bought a pad of 11" x 16". Big enough for most 1/700 ships, and will last a long time!
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