Canson Infinity Montval Torchon Inkjet Watercolor Paper. Montval® Torchon is an acid free watercolour paper that offers a unique flocculated surface. A water and scuff-resistant coating delivers excellent colour gamut and saturation, as well as precise detail. Montval® Torchon is internally buffered and OBA-free to guarantee museum-grade standards and to exceed the ISO 9706 standard. This heavyweight white, acid-free paper offers an ideal surface for Fine Art and photographic reproduction with a distinct, cloud-shaped texture that imparts motion to images.
Canson Montval Aquarelle Inkjet Watercolor Paper. Canson’s Number One watercolor paper is now an integral part of the Canson Infinity Digital Fine Art & Photo Portfolio. This genuine cold-press watercolor paper is specially coated for stellar inkjet printing performance. Being both acid and OBA - free, the paper is naturally age resistant. Montval®’s watercolor texture and warm white tone lend subtlety to photographic reproductions and render art reproductions accurately and beautifully, with excellent colour.
The world’s most famous pastel paper is renowned for its unsurpassed quality and texture. Now available for the digital print professional, Mi-Teintes® unique honeycomb structure adds greater dimension and elegance to digital printing. The paper is free of OBAs to ensure consistency of shades over generations and guarantee the highest lifespan. Mi-Teintes® renders colours faithfully and is a superlative choice for pastel reproductions, other Fine Art and photographic printing.
Canson Edition Etching Rag is a 100% cotton Fine Art paper with a smooth texture, reminiscent of the original genuine etching and printmaking papers. The paper has the purest white tone available on the market, without any Optical Brightening Agents, also called OBAs. Optical Brightening Agents are artificial brighteners that deteriorate in time. Canson Edition Etching Rag offers a high paper shade stability and a resistance to aging by using natural minerals. This museum-grade paper provides deep blacks, excellent image sharpness, optimum colour graduation and its unique slight grain makes it ideal for printing detailed work, colour photographs and exceptional black and white portraits.
Canson BFK Rives Inkjet Paper. The world’s Number One mould-made traditional printmaking paper, with more than 500 years of history and heritage is now available within the Canson Infinity Digital Fine Art & Photo portfolio. B F K Rives® has a unique pure white tone obtained without the use of OBAs and a very specific smooth and velvety texture. This exceptional paper is ideal for Fine Art prints and photographs and gives them a very prestigious aura.
Canson Infinity ArchesVelin Inkjet Paper. For centuries, the genuine Arches® Velin Museum Rag has been chosen to create lithographies, intaglio etchings, engravings and collotypes by world-renowned artists. Today, the original Arches® Velin is available for the inkjet Fine Art & Photo market. This paper is naturally age-resistant and has a unique fine-grained, smooth surface and structure and offers a pure white tone without OBAs. It is ideal for sophisticated photographs and museum-grade applications, as well as fine Art printmaking.
Canson Infinity Arches Aquarelle Inkjet Paper. The world’s Number One mould-made watercolor paper is now available for the Digital Fine Art market. This genuine 100% rag, watercolor paper possesses the unique structure, surface texture and warm white tone that demanding artists expect from a traditional Fine Art paper. This paper complies with the highest archival standards and is extremely age resistant. Arches® Aquarelle Rag gives a unique and unrivalled character to the Fine Art reproduction of traditional artwork and photographs.
The beautiful sheen of photographic prints using photo printing paper is so economical you can enjoy its luster and brilliant color anytime. Canon is proud to announce the arrival of Photo Paper Plus Glossy II PP-201, a photo paper that improves on Photo Paper Plus Glossy PP-101 to create a new standard in image quality and cost performance. Rich, deep blacks. Vivid colors. The thickness and crisp, luxurious feel of high-quality photo paper fresh from the printer. And all of this outstanding quality is now available at a low, affordable price.
Ilford Galerie Smooth Gloss Paper features the very latest HDR (High Dynamic Range) optically clear nanoporous coating for outstanding imaging performance coupled with the benefit of ‘touch dry’ from the printer.
The high density heavyweight base has a natural photographic white tint to produce prints with an excellent colour gamut and high sharpness. The gloss surface looks and feels like a true photographic print. It is compatible with all high quality dye and pigment based inkjet printers.
Ilford Galerie Smooth Pearl Paper features the very latest HDR (High Dynamic Range) optically clear nanoporous coating for outstanding imaging performance combined with the benefit of ‘touch dry’ from the printer.
The high density heavyweight base has a natural photographic white tint to produce prints with excellent colour gamut and high sharpness. The pearl surface eliminates glare and finger prints giving the true look and feel of a photographic print. It is compatible with all high quality dye and pigment based inkjet printers.
Printing on canvas is incredibly versatile and a great way to create a ready-to-hang image or artwork. Every canvas that we print is protected with a UV coated acrylic finish to guard the print from dust, moisture and fading. Do you want your canvas stretched on bars or non-stretched? Framed or unframed? Customize the work to make it truly your own.
Nowadays just about anyone can take a good quality photographs with a digital camera. Or take a few hundred pictures and the chances are few will be good, and even one or two outstanding.
Here are a few tips, tricks and techniques on how to make art print poster ready photographs and print ready digital files. Don’t get overwhelmed, there is a lot of information here, but a lot of it is just intuitive. Well, a bit of patience will always help.
First thing – Photo Size
If you taking a digital photo of you family or friend the largest size you would print is usually 5 by 7 inches, maybe 8 by 10 at the most. Even small size digital photographs (2MB or less) are ‘good enough’ to create a decent print. But if you want to create prints that are 16 by 20, 20 by 24 inches or larger you need more pixels (in pixels 20 by 24 inches photo is actually about 40 times larger than 3 by 4 inches photo assuming they have the same resolution).
Watercolor is an easy, fun medium for creating art. Color theory, composition and design can be explored freely with watercolor paint, paper, and brushes. Several techniques may be used with watercolors for varying effects including painting wet on wet, wet on dry, layering washes, and more.
Watercolor paper comes in cold press, hot press, and rough. Rough paper has the most texture, and its hills and valleys can result in interesting effects when paint is added. Hot press is the smoothest and has the finest texture. Cold press has a moderate amount of texture and is the paper most commonly chosen by watercolor artists.
Watercolor paper comes in several weights ranging from 90 lb. to 300 lb. based on the pounds per ream of paper. Most artists prefer to use at least 140 lb. paper. Papers vary somewhat between manufacturers, so sampling different papers is advisable. Paper can be purchased in pads, in blocks or in large sheets. The large sheets are usually the most economical and can be torn into whatever size is desired.