Detail of watercolor brushstrokes on Arches 88 paper. © Wrenaissance Art
I wanted to paint an illustration of one of the butterflies we saw at Iguaçu Park and had a spare half-sheet of Arches 88 paper. I transferred the drawing to the paper, and then began to lay in the first level of washes. As you can see, the paper sucked up all the water and color in each brushstroke, not permitting the use of wet into wet technique at all. The paper also puffed and buckled in the shape of each stroke. Arches 88 remains a better option for silkscreen,which seals the surface of the sheet, or maybe as a support for acrylic on paper, which also seals the surface.
