Fair assessment, This is an interesting paper with a beautiful "Rustic" feel. I agree in not recommending it to beginners as it is not the easiest or most consistent surface to control. It responds well to loose styles and confident assertive brushwork, providing interesting textural context to subjects like landscape and architectural cityscapes. It is less suited to tight styles like botanical or illustration where precise brush control and blending is required . Part of the charm is its organic inconsistency, you can get small inclusions of cotton thread and wavy edges along the decal can have the overall feel of dried animal hide - (ideal for float mounting). This is after all hand made and sun dried, so it will not have the pristine calendered surface of industrially manufactured paper. The product is hand moulded in most standard sizes to include full natural decal so if that is your thing, it is worth ordering the size you need so you don't have to cut the sheet down and lose the decal.
I agree with everything you said. Right now I mostly use it for personalized tags and bookmarks, so that the texture can be also felt 'by hand', and it's resistant enough that it won't be damaged right away by constant handling. Also, I have discovered that, while it's not the original one, you can create a nice 'rustic' edge by tearing the paper up with a ruler.
Khadi is very popular cloth in India which is 100%cotton that is very good for summers. Mainly produced by the govt. I didn't know they started producing paper also. I looked online in India and they are not cheap so I'll go to the govt khadi shops and ask for the paper and see what's the price there😂
Yea I thought khadi papers maybe cheaper in India but still it is out of my budget. I checked their site and their one rough sheet cost around 200-300 INR.
Its feels rough and not very good looking or nice texture. It even had small dark dots as stains. But its actually soft. It allows lifting, but sadly doesnt allow using masking fluid, and any type of tape will ruin it.
I must admit that I don't use masking fluid a lot because I always manage to tear the paper, no matter which one I use, which probably means I'm using it wrong. I have to say that I have the finer tooth of this paper in a sketchbook version and that is definitely more versatile than this one.
Gil de Jesus meninoooo! Tô apaixonada tb! Mas é duro comprar essas coisas daqui desse nosso Brasilzão véio!!!🤣 Fui ver no Etsy, quase R$200 pra chegar aqui! Quem sabe um dia! Vc pinta aquarela?
@@julianateixeira4115 sim, Jú. É bem difícil mesmo os materiais. O caso foi q ainda tem material aqui de uns 20 anos kkk Pintei muita aquarela naquele c Canson escolar. Era briga da fita crepe com o papel e eu com os 2. Cê mora em SP? Eu moro em Caraguá. Caso queiras dar uma chegadinha por aqui, as portas tão abertas.
I used a dip pen on it and it does bleed a little bit if you're heavy handed with the nib and scratch the paper too much (the sketchbook from the same brand does the same). If you use a normal liner like a Sakura pen it does not, so I switched to those pens to draw on that paper.
Watercolour paper is not supposed to absorb water/paint, the paint is supposed to stay on top of it so it can be worked with. The white marks are probably because you're going in with too little water on a dry paper, the surface is rough so this is expected. Try wetting the paper with clear water first (wet on wet technique) or use more water in your color mix. :)
It's great that Khadi recycle cotton scraps to make this paper, and they seem to be very eco friendly, but! Then they sell this beautiful paper in plastic, I'm sure there's a better way,
I think it's the only way the can ship it safely. If you purchased them at a store, you could pick your sheets and that would be fine, but if you have to ship them to another country you have to take into account that this is paper and could potentially get wet. (Think of a person who's not home and the parcel sits there for a couple of hours during the rain.) You either put plastic around it or risk getting it shipped back, ruined, and with a refund request. So far I don't think people have found a material that has the same properties (and especially the same cheapness) as plastic.
The packaging is thin cellophane rather than thicker plastic, it is far more degradable, but I agree, they could use an even more biodegradable packaging, though as it is coming from India there may be issues of durability due to humidity and monsoons. I absolutely adore khadi paper and feel it is very suitable for direct watercolour rather than more detailed work dependent on precise lines. Nice review.
Thank you so much and I agree, for preserving paper and to avoit it being ruined during shipping, I think plastic is the safer and less expensive bet. When they'll find an equal but more eco-friendly alternative to plastic I think we'll all be happier.
Fair assessment, This is an interesting paper with a beautiful "Rustic" feel. I agree in not recommending it to beginners as it is not the easiest or most consistent surface to control. It responds well to loose styles and confident assertive brushwork, providing interesting textural context to subjects like landscape and architectural cityscapes. It is less suited to tight styles like botanical or illustration where precise brush control and blending is required . Part of the charm is its organic inconsistency, you can get small inclusions of cotton thread and wavy edges along the decal can have the overall feel of dried animal hide - (ideal for float mounting). This is after all hand made and sun dried, so it will not have the pristine calendered surface of industrially manufactured paper. The product is hand moulded in most standard sizes to include full natural decal so if that is your thing, it is worth ordering the size you need so you don't have to cut the sheet down and lose the decal.
I agree with everything you said. Right now I mostly use it for personalized tags and bookmarks, so that the texture can be also felt 'by hand', and it's resistant enough that it won't be damaged right away by constant handling. Also, I have discovered that, while it's not the original one, you can create a nice 'rustic' edge by tearing the paper up with a ruler.
Khadi is very popular cloth in India which is 100%cotton that is very good for summers. Mainly produced by the govt. I didn't know they started producing paper also. I looked online in India and they are not cheap so I'll go to the govt khadi shops and ask for the paper and see what's the price there😂
I didn't know that, but I wish you luck in finding the cheaper option for this paper. XD
Yea I thought khadi papers maybe cheaper in India but still it is out of my budget. I checked their site and their one rough sheet cost around 200-300 INR.
@@Nem4891 ya online sites rates are very high. But maybe in local markets they might be cheaper
Its feels rough and not very good looking or nice texture. It even had small dark dots as stains. But its actually soft. It allows lifting, but sadly doesnt allow using masking fluid, and any type of tape will ruin it.
I must admit that I don't use masking fluid a lot because I always manage to tear the paper, no matter which one I use, which probably means I'm using it wrong. I have to say that I have the finer tooth of this paper in a sketchbook version and that is definitely more versatile than this one.
-They have a shop in London now!
The paper you are sitting with is: Smooth. They also have a (very!) rough version.
Actually, the rough version is the one in this video, the smooth one is the one in my Khadi Sketchbook video review. :)
Oh dear! @ lost treasure.
Thanks for this review!
I'd surely try it too!
You won't be disappointed. :)
Vc é do Brasil?
@@julianateixeira4115 sim. Cê viu q mudei até de nome? Kkk
Da hora esses papéis, né?
Morro de curiosidade
Gil de Jesus meninoooo! Tô apaixonada tb! Mas é duro comprar essas coisas daqui desse nosso Brasilzão véio!!!🤣 Fui ver no Etsy, quase R$200 pra chegar aqui! Quem sabe um dia! Vc pinta aquarela?
@@julianateixeira4115 sim, Jú. É bem difícil mesmo os materiais. O caso foi q ainda tem material aqui de uns 20 anos kkk
Pintei muita aquarela naquele c Canson escolar. Era briga da fita crepe com o papel e eu com os 2.
Cê mora em SP? Eu moro em Caraguá. Caso queiras dar uma chegadinha por aqui, as portas tão abertas.
How would it be if writing on it with a calligraphy pen, would it bleed?
I used a dip pen on it and it does bleed a little bit if you're heavy handed with the nib and scratch the paper too much (the sketchbook from the same brand does the same). If you use a normal liner like a Sakura pen it does not, so I switched to those pens to draw on that paper.
@@KarijnsWatercolors That's good to know, thanks so much for replying.
Thanks for the review!
Butterfly 0054 Thank you, I'm happy you liked it. :)
mine doesn’t seem to absorb the paint.. it leaves white marks when I brush
Watercolour paper is not supposed to absorb water/paint, the paint is supposed to stay on top of it so it can be worked with. The white marks are probably because you're going in with too little water on a dry paper, the surface is rough so this is expected. Try wetting the paper with clear water first (wet on wet technique) or use more water in your color mix. :)
It's great that Khadi recycle cotton scraps to make this paper, and they seem to be very eco friendly, but! Then they sell this beautiful paper in plastic, I'm sure there's a better way,
I think it's the only way the can ship it safely. If you purchased them at a store, you could pick your sheets and that would be fine, but if you have to ship them to another country you have to take into account that this is paper and could potentially get wet. (Think of a person who's not home and the parcel sits there for a couple of hours during the rain.) You either put plastic around it or risk getting it shipped back, ruined, and with a refund request.
So far I don't think people have found a material that has the same properties (and especially the same cheapness) as plastic.
The packaging is thin cellophane rather than thicker plastic, it is far more degradable, but I agree, they could use an even more biodegradable packaging, though as it is coming from India there may be issues of durability due to humidity and monsoons. I absolutely adore khadi paper and feel it is very suitable for direct watercolour rather than more detailed work dependent on precise lines. Nice review.
Thank you so much and I agree, for preserving paper and to avoit it being ruined during shipping, I think plastic is the safer and less expensive bet. When they'll find an equal but more eco-friendly alternative to plastic I think we'll all be happier.
One step at a time .
Thanks for this review. Much appreciated.
Thank you, I am happy you liked it. :)