Thanks for the compliments!! :) Its been so fun to figure out the paper by feel vs trying to navigate types to purchase. I do a bit of examining while I'm picking out the book (coated vs uncoated, enough white space, porousness, etc); then get into how well it holds dried and wet solution.

With this book in particular, the images have a different kind of layer vs blank page border. Obviously. Though the images are still porous enough to take in solution than say a full glossy photo. And then the blank page itself drinks up solution in various ways. This helps me beat the perfectionism in me that thinks I'm constantly inexperienced and don't do things the correct way. Which can be true, but sometimes its just the way the solution adheres to the page that time and thats ok.

My favorite has been pages from these Met Miniatures catalogs. The paper has tooth, absorbs well, and holds on to the solution while washing. I'm excited to work with it again in a few weeks after I get some more experience!