Description
Usage: Wet-on-Wet, Landscape, Print, Mixed-Media, Ling-Nan Style of Painting, Washes
Paper Material: Mulberry / Kozo
Absorbency: Medium-Absorbency. Offers more moisture control than raw xuan papers and some other mulberry papers (such as Pi Paper Thin).
Dimensions: 30" x 57" approximately
No. of Sheets: Available in 10 Full Sheets and 100 Full Sheets
Additional Information: Pi Thick is 1½ times thicker than Pi Thin.
Packaging: 10 Full Sheets come rolled and wrapped in corrugated paper and 100 Full Sheets come folded and wrapped in paper.
Pi paper's makeup of longer fibers enables artists to use heavier moisture with their brushstrokes almost reacting as if it is slightly sized. Due to the longer fibers in this paper it offers more strength than the popular used xuan (shuen) papers giving artists the ability to handle washes, hence why OAS categorizes it as a "wet-on-wet" paper.
The paper is slightly transparent. Ling Nan artists enjoy working with this paper as it is quite versatile for all subject matters.
Print-makers, crafters and mix-media artists have excellent results experimenting with this paper.
These papers, with their longer fibers, give artists the ability to paint wet-on-wet. A common use for these papers is painting landscapes with washes, clouds, mists and waterfalls.