[alt-photo] Re: best paper for Van Dyke

[francis schanberger]

Coventry Rag Vellum White. It's a medium weight print making paper. pH
neutral and around $2.50 per sheet (22 x 30) from United Art and Ed.

gives really intense browns.

-francis

On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 1:04 PM, Loris Medici <mail at loris.medici.name>wrote:

> Hi Gordon, a very nice (cheap, but thin!) paper is Masa. (Very
> cold/bright base...) Weston Diploma Parchment (also thin, but heavier
> than Masa) is very nice too. (Very warm base...) Bergger COT 320 works
> well too...
>
> Hope this helps & regards,
> Loris.
>
>
> 2012/8/15 Gordon Holtslander <gjh at shaw.ca>:
> > Hi:
> >
> > I'm doing my annual pinhole camera, alternative process workshop this
> weekend. ( http://ccde.usask.ca/uscad/photography ) I'm going to have my
> students print on the Canson Universal Sketch paper that Christina
> suggested.  Although its a light weight paper, it works well for both Van
> Dyke and cyanotype.
> >
> > I want to get a few sheets of heavier paper to show students the
> differences in papers, especially the differences in the color tone of Van
> Dykes from paper to paper. I haven't had time to check a lot of other
> papers.  What are people favorite papers for Van Dyke?
> >
> > Gord
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