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Posted in Product Information, Favourite Products and Reviews on Jul 17th, 2010
About watercolour papers:
“Papers with different sizing react differently in variable weather conditions. In damp conditions papers that are more absorbent (have less sizing) will dry more quickly, whereas hard-sized papers (with heavy sizing) will seem never to dry. Arches, a hard-sized paper, is better in drier conditions. Fabriano is a very absorbent paper that [...]
Posted in New Products and Special Offers on May 30th, 2010
Hermes black pastel paper introductory offer – 10% off our regular low price.
Waterproof, fine-textured, sanded paper in 50×70cm size, in black only.
Click here for the offer on the Jackson’s website.
Click here to request a small sample piece, about 10cm square.
Posted in New Products and Special Offers on May 11th, 2010
Lana Vanguard Paper Offer:
The Lana Vanguard Paper is on offer at 20% off the regular discounted prices until July 4th.
Read more about this unusual watercolour paper which is like Yupo paper, in an earlier post here.
Click here
to go to this offer on the Jackson’s website.
Posted in New Products and Special Offers on May 4th, 2010
We have a new attractive little watercolour paper postcard pad here at Jackson’s. Just in time for your painting holiday!
The paper is 350gsm, NOT surface (cold pressed) with 12 postcards in the pad. The slate blue cover and black tape binding looks very nice as well. A great size to carry with [...]
Posted in FAQ on Apr 22nd, 2010
FAQ – Some people find the measurements of watercolour paper a bit confusing. Here is a little summary that might help.
Loose sheets of watercolour paper often come in Imperial sizes while pads and blocks of watercolour paper usually come in European (ISO) A sizes.
A sheet of Imperial (also called Full Imperial) is 30×22 [...]