Palayan Sunset - Stage Five

No choice! I had to mount the thin watercolor paper onto some stiff card. (I used the back of one of our old log books - and stuck the paper down, using a glue stick.)

The front cover of the offending (Conda) paper can be seen at right. It was the best I could find in National Book Store, Ermita, Manila. Anyway, if you are a student on a limited budget, you just have to make-do with the best that you can afford. If you can afford better but still can't find what you want, you still have to make-do with what you've got! I don't know if Conda make a heavier grade of watercolor paper but if you are planning to use watercolor - or even just water with your pastels on the light stuff, it will need "stretching." Or be prepared for some buckling! (I am not planning to use water on this paper any more... I'll either give it away or just use it for pastels, without any water for blending.)