{"id":2620,"date":"2024-02-27T20:28:11","date_gmt":"2024-02-28T02:28:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/?p=2620"},"modified":"2024-02-27T20:32:00","modified_gmt":"2024-02-28T02:32:00","slug":"twinrocker-handmade-paper-part-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/?p=2620","title":{"rendered":"Twinrocker Handmade Paper, Part One"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" data-attachment-id=\"2619\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/?attachment_id=2619\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/img_1262-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1936,968\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1709064622&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"img_1262-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/img_1262-1-1024x512.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/img_1262-1-1024x512.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2619\" srcset=\"https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/img_1262-1-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/img_1262-1-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/img_1262-1-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/img_1262-1-1536x768.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/img_1262-1.jpg 1936w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Three 8\u201dx10\u201d ink and wash pieces on cold, rough, and hot press watercolor paper<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019m so glad I found <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twinrocker.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Twinrocker papers.<\/a> These amazing papers are made in Indiana by hand, and if you can decipher the names, weights, colors, and ingredients, you\u2019ll be able to confidently order gorgeous paper, but if you\u2019re like me, just order the samples and figure it out as you go. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I ordered the watercolor set of three papers which I used for the three drawings above, and I also ordered the sample pack that contains pretty much everything else, which I\u2019ll review later. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I decided to do some studies of our porch, and I truly enjoyed creating these. Our porch is a happy, warm place filled with plants and light, and I loved how they turned out. I used ink pens, washes, masking fluid, tape, etc., to see how the papers preformed. They were amazing! I love all three and can\u2019t find anything negative to comment on. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nearly all Twinrocker papers can handle some water, so I\u2019m not certain I need the watercolor paper for my technique. Part two of this review will be of the pack of smaller-sized samples. I\u2019ll try graphite and pen and ink to do some quick sketches. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019m so glad I found Twinrocker papers. These amazing papers are made in Indiana by hand, and if you can decipher the names, weights, colors, and ingredients, you\u2019ll be able to confidently order gorgeous paper, but if you\u2019re like me, just order the samples and figure it out as you go. I ordered the watercolor [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[380,566],"tags":[356,461,399,664],"class_list":["post-2620","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art","category-ink","tag-art","tag-ink","tag-paper","tag-twinrocker"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3wmm6-Gg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2620","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2620"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2620\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2621,"href":"https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2620\/revisions\/2621"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}