Another Moleskine Watercolor Notebook test with a different red pigment.
It’s definitely the paper that is causing the pigment aggregation; not the pigment. It causes a somewhat sandpaper effect to the way the pigments settle because the paper soaks up the water very fast.
Light washes are fine but dark washes (meaning lots of pigment) accentuate the effect.
There is no time for “working” the pigment around on the paper to smooth it. In fact, that seems to make the effect worse if you do that.
Other than that, the paper works well. It takes fountain pen nicely too. I use Noodlers Ink which is about the most waterproof fountain pen ink on the market. (I tested all the well known waterproof fountain pen inks).
I’ll continue experimenting with the Moleskine Watercolor Notebook and post the results here. I won’t be switching from the Arches Text Wove paper though. It provides a lot more control. I do have to make up my own sketchbooks with it but that has turned out to be great fun anyway. The only company that produces sketchbooks with it is www.renaissance-art.com and they are quite a price…very nice, and worth it if you like the concept however. As high end sketchbooks go, you can’t beat ‘em.
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