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The Wet Edge

Field notes on watercolour: paper, pigment, water and light

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Pigments and paper

Single pigments, granulation, lightfastness, paper weight, sizing and surface, stretching a sheet and how a finished painting is stored.

PG-001

A used hardback open at forty-five degrees on a plain wooden table beside a loupe and a small stack of kraft paper, with low window light raking across the spine and hinges.
Plate PG-001 A loupe and raking light reveal the spine and hinges before any distant purchase.

The register of the slice

1The rack
  1. A used hardback open at forty-five degrees on a plain wooden table beside a loupe and a small stack of kraft paper, with low window light raking across the spine and hinges.
    PG-001

    Buying Secondhand Books at a Distance

    How to buy used books remotely: where to look, how to read a seller's description and title page, and which payment and shipping terms to verify before money

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    this entry cites only kb.nl, iso.org