Best paper for painting?

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Best paper for painting?

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I've been experimenting for some time with different combinations in order to paint paper. Now I'm trying out different kinds of papers and I'm painting both sides. I liked painting with acrylic paint on brown kraft paper but I'm looking for other ideas. Which do you think is the best paper for painting?

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You could use acrylic painting paper, but it wouldn't be easy to fold.
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I didn't know there was something like acrylic painting paper. Thanks for the tip!
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Basically I use all the papers I want to fold with, be it thick papers like Tant and Elefant hide or thin ones like Unryu.

Here is for example a sheet of Elephant hide that I painted for the Olymiad:

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I often paint Tant, foil (https://www.flickr.com/photos/140736655 ... otostream/ , https://www.flickr.com/photos/140736655 ... otostream/ : you can see I aded different quantities of water, to have different red colors), and sometimes copy paper, with acrylics or Chinese ink. I'm happy with the results.
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Thank you guys!

I love how the paper looked origami_8!
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Hi,

I think Winsor & Newton Galeria Acrylic Colour Paper comes in a variety of sizes, sheets or pads, and is lightly embossed with a canvas texture.
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Awesome zuanforum!
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