Earth paper Gold / Silver ( 土紙 )-

Kobaien Earth Paper has an interesting texture as you can feel the small amount of earth in it.

It does buckle/crease with too much moisture, so I dry mounted it onto a 300gsm card and then I was able to build up many layers of colour with fine edges.

With the moisture in each layer the paper would swell slightly, but then dry flat.

Working in this way I was able to obtain depth of colour and subtlety of shading.

I used Suibokugayou Aozumi ink, Saibiboku colours with the addition of gamboge yellow and white.

Now that the painting is framed the paper seems to glow - it is quite exquisite. It took me a little while to get used to it, but I will definitely be using Earth Paper again.

Paper characteristics are elastic and tough, but it is not conducive to water tray techniques (Ebru art), because the amount of water will lead to the reaction of paper characteristics, making it wrinkled a bit. However, if you paint with the technique of reducing the flow of water, it is a very good rice paper.

紙質特性具彈性，韌性強，但不利於水托技法，因水量多會引起紙質特性的反應，使其有皺起的情況出現。但如以減低水流動的技巧來繪畫，是一張很優質的宣紙。

1. 紙質屬性的表面，質感非常幼滑，很合適用作工筆技法中的明細線條、勾勒技法等，如日本畫家竹內棲鳳 たけうち せいほう 的作品類別。（附圖作者的劍蘭花）

2. 紙質特性具彈性，韌性強，而且適合嶺南畫派的撞水撞粉法。( 見附圖的嶺南派山水畫 )

3. 土紙本身擁有接近 200年歷史的珍貴，其獨特的顏色更增添山水畫的古典美！

1. The surface of the paper attribute, the texture is very smooth, very suitable for use in the brush technique in the fine line, outline technique, etc., such as the Japanese painter Takeuchi Qifeng たけうち せいほう of the work category. (Sword orchid of the author of the picture).

2. Paper characteristics have elasticity, strong toughness, and suitable for the Lingnan School of painting method of hitting water and hitting powder. (See Lingnan landscape painting with pictures).

3.The soil paper itself has a history of nearly 200 years of preciousness, and its unique colour adds to the classical beauty of landscape painting!