Straits Commercial Art Co. offers a wide variety of watercolor papers, print- making, etching, drawing, pastel papers and boards in various varieties, sizes and types
Arches watercolor paper satisfies the need of professional artists and made with an understanding of over 500 years passed down. Arches paper is a testament of papermaker's art and beauty. All Arches papers are hand sorted and ensure that standard on every sheet is met. The Arches watermark is the artist's proof of authenticity and quality. Arches is manufactured on a cylinder mould, has four deckle edge, acid free, durable and resilient. It is gelatin-sized, and then air dried, so that colors retain a fine rendering even after being scraped and erased. Arches paper contains 25% to 100% cotton fibers depending on its ultimate use.
Blockingford watercolor paper is high quality paper made from the purest alpha wood pulp. This watercolor paper is ideal for students , beginners as it is made from top quality rag but at a lesser cost. It is acid free and buffered with calcium carbonate.
Flamboyant watercolor paper has an extra rough surface, and offers artist to create spectacular effects. It is acid free, off-white , is 50% cotton and 50% top-quality woodfree cellulose. This paper has a extra rough texture, offering the artists some spectacular effects.
Fontenay watercolor paper is 100% cotton and manufactured from cylinder rolls. It is the top quality watercolor paper and combines 2 grains in a single sheet, recto - rag grain and verso-smooth grain .
Montval watercolor paper has a snowy grained and fluffy textures, and is naturally white, acid-free , mildew and rot resistant. Montval watercolor paper is suitable for all wet techniques.
Noblesse watercolor paper is absolute top quality and is made on a hybrid fourdrinier/cylinder mould paper machine and is gelatin sized. It is acid free, off white watercolor paper made of 100% pure cotton. Available in medium fine (cold pressed).
Saunders Waterford is one of the fine quality watercolor paper produced by the St. Cuthberts Mill. This paper is made from 100% cotton, and gives a surface resilient to buckling and offer color stability. The surface has been sized and gelatine allowing paint to be lifted off the sheet if mistakes are made. Saunders Waterford paper is acid free , archival quality and is endorsed by prestigious Royal Watercolor Society of England.
Terschelling watercolor paper is made by a paper mill on eastern part of Holland. This mill started in 1618 and has since become a part of a group of speciality paper makers. Terschelling watercolor paper is acid free, made of 100% woodfree cellulose. It is suitable for both students and professional artists who place great importance on quality. Terschelling watercolor paper is available in medium fine and blocs.
Vivace accepts washes well and provides quality usually found in expensive papers. It is acid free, off-white , is 50% cotton and 50% top-quality woodfree cellulose.Available in hot pressed and cold pressed surface.
The watercolor papers are available in various sizes - paper in sheet of 22" x 30" or 56 cm x 76 cm. (packet of 10/25/100 sheets packing) paper in rolls - 1.5m x 10m or in pad or block. Please send email or fax to enquiry about other sizes.
Oil color paper meets the stringent requirements of oil paint and preserves its original color. Oil color paper is acid free, white oil painting paper with linen structure, made from 100% top-quality woodfree cellulose.
Schets and Teken paper is acid free white drawing paper which for its sizing and washing properties can be used for various techniques like pencil, charcoal and pen and ink drawing.
Dessin ā grain is a good quality sketching paper at an attractive price. It is acid free, off-white sketching paper with medium felt structure, made of 100% woodfree cellulose. The neutral pH value ensures a long life guarantee.
C ā Grain Ū is a white grained acid free paper suitable for pencils, charcoal, drawing pen, art chalks, illustrations .
Ingres is laid drawing paper with rag content. It is named after the French artist Jean August Dominique Ingres (1780-1867). It is economical and suitable for sketching, charcoal and pencil drawings.
Velin Dī ArchesŪ is made from carefully selected 100% natural fibers on a cylinder mold , acid free, 4 deckle edges, watermarked. It is suitable for silk screen process, offset, drawing, lithography, copper plate and printing.
Velin BFK RivesŪ is mould made 100% rag , acid free, 4 deckle edges, watermarked paper with a smoother finish. It is whiter, slightly less sized, versatile and has the same uses as Velin Dī Arches.
Salland is of Dutch origin . 50% cotton and is full-sized, off white, neutral pH, alkaline buffered to improve permanence.
Laurier is made of 100% cotton and is half-sized, netural pH and alkaline buffered.
Lenox a 100% cotton, acid free machine made paper.
Papers are available in 76xm x 112cm , 96 x 120 cm, please fax to enquiry about other sizes.
Mi-Teintes is a high cotton content "beehives" grain on one side and neutral fine grain on the other. It is an engine-sized drawing paper, highly resistant to light, acid free except for black color and has water marked identification Mi-TeintesŪ.
Slater Harrison colourmount board is now produced to a neutral pH specification and is made up of surface paper, woodpulp core, acid free backing paper. The surface paper and core is buffered with calcium carbonate and resists deterioration. Standard colourmount board is ideal for poster, prints,photgraphs, textiles and framing.
