Sizing Matters! When Paper Goes Bad - Can we still use it? Can we fix it? Sizing Questions Answered

I had a lot of questions about paper sizing during my sketchbook snowball video the other day. I decided I would make a video on the topic.
In this video, we will talk about paper sizing, why it is important, and how to tell if the sizing on your paper has gone bad.
What is sizing? Sizing is like glue that is added to paper internally (in the pulp) and or externally as a coating over the finished sheet. A "hard-sized" paper refers to a paper with a lot of sizing and a "soft-sized" paper refers to a paper with less sizing. Sizing affects the amount of ink, paint or water the paper will absorb. A well-sized paper will allow you to produce crisp lines with pen and paint on dry paper whereas an unsized paper will produce feathered and blurry lines. A paper towel would be an example of paper with no sizing.
Sometimes due to humidity and age, the paper sizing can break down and you will see feathered edges or speckles in your paint wash and the reduced ability to blend. This is very problematic when using watercolor on watercolor paper. If your paper sizing goes bad you can still use the paper for a thicker paint like gouache or acrylic or any dry media like pastel. You could gesso the paper to use with oils as well. If you want to use the paper with watercolor you can resize it with watercolor sizing or cover it with watercolor ground: shrsl.com/4959s
‪@teohyc‬ (Parka Blogs) did an excellent tutorial on resizing watercolor paper here: • How to Restore Sizing ...
I hope this answers any questions you have about watercolor paper sizing. I don't bother resizing my paper if the sizing goes off, I will use it for gouache or pastels because the paper will still have enough sizing in it for those materials.
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