Earth paper Gold / Silver ( 土紙 )-

Definitely be using Earth Paper again.

Kobaien Earth Paper has an interesting texture as you can feel the small amount of earth in it. It does buckle/crease with too much moisture, so I dry mounted it onto a 300gsm card and then I was able to build up many layers of colour with fine edges. With the moisture in each layer the paper would swell slightly, but then dry flat. Working in this way I was able to obtain depth of colour and subtlety of shading. I used Suibokugayou Aozumi ink, Saibiboku colours with the addition of gamboge yellow and white. Now that the painting is framed the paper seems to glow - it is quite exquisite. It took me a little while to get used to it, but I will definitely be using Earth Paper again.