Art Supplies and Stationery - Pens, inks, papers, and the like.

[Amber the Hedgehog]

Do you know how it adapts to wet folding? I mostly fold from 50cm squares because of the complexity of modern designs. I've had a look around the internet and I see that you can obtain an abundance of A1 sheets for a relatively decent price per unit so it might be worth it.

At the moment I am using a roll of something that was sold to me as green tea paper. It has great cornflake-size flakes of tea leaf in it (which is annoying from a folding perspective) and it's thin but very tough. It has a rag like consistency. If you hold a piece in your hands and attempt to pull it apart, it will warp before it tears. It will accept a crease, however its flimsy clothlike nature makes it tricky on small detailed folds, although I suppose that you could say the same of any low gsm paper.

Sorry I haven't done wet folding, I'm huge fan of sharp edge and straight paper surfaces. I have done a lot curling with flower petals, those come out nice, and the marker paper in general is ment work with ink so it has to be able to handle some wetness without issues. I think it might work but not sure at all.

 

[The Potatomatic 2000]

Do you guys have any good white pen recs for highlights and details? I used Posca before, but I think I lost it somewhere. It's pretty good, but I thought maybe you had something else to try. I also have a uni Gel one I use for soft highlights by smudging it while still wet.

 

[Newman's Lovechild]

Posca and Uni Signo are my picks too. The Derwent paint pen is fine, though a little harder to control the flow.

 

[Coelacanth]

Do you guys have any good white pen recs for highlights and details? I used Posca before, but I think I lost it somewhere. It's pretty good, but I thought maybe you had something else to try. I also have a uni Gel one I use for soft highlights by smudging it while still wet.

I find the Sakura gelly roll pens to be quite versatile - they come in different nib sizes and the ink never clogs up.