....I'm totally out of Indian Village rag paper to paint my gouaches on!!!!!!! I am combing the Internet trying to find something that will do. Needs to be 300 lb cold pressed irregular rag.........I'm so spoiled. For the last ten years I've been hoarding it and using it sparingly, but I'm finally out. If anyone out there knows where to find this precious paper, please please let me know. You will be rewarded in fabulous art karma.
I'm painting on grainy whatever paper that is around here in old flat file drawers.....I'm starting to think about painting on grocery store paper bags....not a bad surface.....and surely I don't need to worry if it lasts for two hundred years. I'm a bit too pessimistic for that.
Have you seen my paper??????
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- Gail Siptak
- I am living and painting in the little town of Houston. A far way from my San Francisco beginnings. I paint what I see of the human condition, be it human, animal or object. The glimmer of humor, pathos, and spirit in so much of what I see is the basis of what I paint.
Have you tried Dick Blick?
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Instead of grocery bags I would use the Bogus Paper it more durable. I think this is the same thing I used.
http://www.allartsupplies.com/item.php?articleId=1858&gclid=CKSdsJf-nJwCFRFWagodqHF0dw
Hi,
ReplyDeleteI've got the same problem, have you found any yet and would you be so sweet and share the source with me?
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Hannah Moser
Hannah, I would love to share with you if I had found it....but I haven't. I've tried several papers from different sellers here in Houston and all over the web...and can't find anything to compare. I loved the stiffness of the little boards and the funky edges. Please let me know if you find any thing similar. I'm going to keep looking. Oh, and someone said they thought the maker in India had gone out of business. drat.
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Hello,
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Hello,
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I too have been hoarding Indian Village Watercolor paper and am just running out. Daniel Smith no longer carries it. In frustration I came on your link, so am contacting Vighnesh Pethe. THANKS SO MUCH for posting this!!
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