This is a recent painting I did on the Whatman paper. Even though I work hard on adding light, I fancy that it’s somehow brighter, almost sparkly.
Here’s the paper stretched and ready to go:

Here’s a closeup of the grain. It’s pretty rough, Hot-rolled, as they say (I think).

Maybe I’m the only one excited about this. I think it’s pretty cool.

I think it’s pretty cool, too!