#i always sort of figured i'd be wasting thicker paper if what i wanted to paint didn't quite turn out

[el-im]

If you want to there are watercolor papers that have no textures but are still made for watercolors and gouache. Most brands like arches and canson will have a cold press and hot press paper. Cold press has texture and is rough while hot press is smooth! With watercolor the paper is super important but with gouache, since its in-between watercolour and acrylic in texture, as long as you dont use too much water you can use the lower quality paper that are not 100% cotton. Sorry about my ramblings i just love talking about watercolor papers hahaha. Good day to you! (love your art soo much by the way)

oh my gosh! no need to apologize for rambling at all--especially about art and supplies!! i know SO little about paper... i think i made a habit of tuning out my old art instructor after using the 'wrong' stuff for so many years (and hearing years worth of the same lecture on it, which i was disinterested in). honestly though perhaps i should have been more attentive! I'm so flummoxed by art stores that I try to avoid them when possible--even after painting and drawing for so long, I feel like a lot of the stuff i feel like i have a slight handle on can become Very Highly Technical very quickly, and suddenly i'm out of my element. but!! seeing as i've been daydreaming about buying more screen printing ink lately and might have to brave the forge in the near future anyhow, it certainly wouldn't hurt to get some paper that wasn't gifted to me by a well meaning but likely misguided relative as a holiday present lmao

#HOT PRESS!!!!! literally writing that down. #and THANK YOU #for the advice because i am in need of it and also for the compliment because it Quite made my morning #tiptoupeek #asks #i'm /so/ enthusiastic about learning to use gouache because it looks So Wonderful in other people's hands #but i've sort of steered away from it because i've been using it on (frankly awful) paper that buckles enormously #i always sort of figured i'd be wasting thicker paper if what i wanted to paint didn't quite turn out? #and i guess because i have less qualms about crumpling and tossing printer paper it's always been my go-to-most-accessible thing #but you're right!!! there's a rhyme and reason to watercolors and gouache and paper #and i may as well attempt to do this with some mind for appearances! #gosh and that's not even to MENTION how much better i'm sure scans of paintings will come out on better paper #this blog is just a continuing record of me being Very Stupid about art stuff #anyway. THANK YOU. i /will/ be getting better paper - this week if possible!