Hi all,
Since I started my small fine art print business I have only been using just the Breathing Color range of papers. ie Pura Velvet, Pura smooth and the Lyve canvas. Mainly the Pura velvet and Lyve. Our reproductions of our own art, which has very bright colors, seemed great on these and I did not notice any 'magenta' color of the paper I used. However, after ordering some the sample packs of Canson (discovery pack) and Hahnemule papers (Matte Fine Art - textured) for a special project for a friend, the Pura Velvet paper appears very magenta in color, while the other papers in the sample pack do not have a magenta color.
I have a large stock of the Pura Velvet, special custom profiles that are great, and am now unsure if this paper is suitable enough to use for certain fine art prints because of its base color. Has anyone else noticed this? I had ordered 30 rolls of it for a special project, and still have 6 left. The Pura smooth is somewhat less magenta in color, but still a bit as far as I can see.
My question is, for projects that have a lot of paper white in them, I am now going to do a project with black line drawings, faces and figures etc. would my client be better served if I use one of the Canson papers, like BFk RIves Printmaking rag or velin museum rag, or do I just notice it because I see the samples together and it should be fine for my new client? Or do I over print the paper white with another white, and how would I achieve this? just asking for some thoughts here, not an 'this is how it absolutely is' answer since I guess this is all partially subjective. Have an Epson 9900 and a Canon ipf 8400.
Image attached wiht strip of Pura Velvet over the other matte fine art paper samples, only the Hahnemule German Etching has a color that comes close to it but is more white than magenta, all the others have a more natural color. (natural as I perceive it when compared to the Pura Velvet, so yes, some people word this differently, this is just to give an idea of what I mean to say). Cost is an issue, since the Canson paper costs more than the BC paper since I can buy the BC paper in larger quantities and get a good discount. I work with a small group of artists that are in my opinion very good, that start to get a large following but not much money yet to pay me enough for the kind of prints I would like to make for them, but at the same time I would like to represent their work in the best way possible, even if this means a higher cost for me to start with.
Lastly, has anyone compared the Pura Velvet paper color with the BC Bagasse papers? Wonder if these would work better for these projects, but i do not want to order a whole roll of each of these without having some sense of the paper color of these.
Thanks all for any comments and sharing your experience!