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Published: 2011-10-08 01:15:35 +0000 UTC; Views: 1475; Favourites: 37; Downloads: 28
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odd size so if the large image turns out blurry, please hit download. I was asked how I made the textures I use for my sketch commissions, and decided to make a tutorial on one of them.
This is how I make the "aged parchment" texture and paper using traditional methods.
I am by far not the first to make a tutorial like this, there are more that use similar and different techniques, this is just the one I have been using this method since I was young and making fake pirate maps for playtime with my brother 
I have asked some of the people who have done some here on DA if I could post links to them here, and am waiting on replies from them.
Other Tutorials for Staining Paper
[link] by Her use of Tea Bag grounds produces a very interesting effect. Try mixing our two ideas and see what you get from it, it may turn out something new and amazing!
NOTE: yes you can still use the tea water for multiple papers, just you need to repeat the rest of the steps per piece of paper.
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This is a really good tutorial, I liked reading it. I was talking about a project like this to a group I'm part of, an Art Therapy group, that i go to every week. The whole group thought that this would be a great experiment to try out, especially me since I always wanted to do a project such as this. Thanks for posting this, I'll be sure to share it with the group.
Ps. I felt somewhat confused regarding the kind of paper you suggested. You stated that a paper that is "fiberous" in texture, and thicker than standard copying paper, would be best for this project, but I don't know what you mean. Can you elaborate on that?
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Sure thing
As for more fiberous paper, look for a more sketch book type paper. The difference between the two types of paper is pretty obvious once you physically compare the two
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Thanks for that, that makes more sense if you think about it.
By the way, my group was trying the method today, but in a really odd way. They were trying to brush the tea onto loose sheets of watercolor paper before I could tell them the method you showed. The tea didn't really show, and the paper began to warp as it got too wet. I told them about the method shown, but they said it would be too expensive and time consuming in the method I told them, because of this my group scrapped the project.
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Oh that's just silly... Watercolor paper is expensive in comparison... And brushing paper will always make it curl unless taped or pinned down. Brushing is a way to do it, but very often it won't produce a defined effect.
If you soak, you can use the same water multiple times so you actually use alotvless tea and even cheap Dollar Tree tea works
It's too bad they didn't want to try it. At most I spend maybe $10 to make about 50 sheets of this texture paper
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I know, however the cost of the materials wasn't the only issue. The sessions are 50 minutes long; though technically they're a whole hour. When I spoke to them about the soaking method, they said it would take way too long for a single session and the schedule we work by on a weekly basis conflicts with the the whole thing. I know it sounds stupid, but that was what was decided.
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Well poop... If they ever decide to want to try again, I fiddled with a test that worked pretty well for drying. You can soak for ten minutes and dry in an oven on a low temp. Cuts the time considerably but the paper might become a little delicate if left in too long
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Wow, this was alot easier than how I did it. I took tea bags and I dragged it all along the paper, and it hardly did anything XD
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the dragging method takes a while to get the effect you want, alot of tea bags are used too, and furthermore you need a certain type of tea.
im glad if you found this helpful
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I'm gonna love you for this now, you should know.
Everytime I made textured paper with coffee the kitchen looked like I slaughtered something .XD
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I tried the coffee method myself, my Mom suggested it because she said that the coffee stains the paper faster than tea. I don't remember how it turned out, but I do remember that the coffee scent was present and wouldn't go away, I didn't like that aspect, especially since the cat marked the paper due to that coffee scent. I'd try to avoid using coffee, especially if you have a cat known to mark.
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hahaha XD ya, coffee tends to do that, tea is much easier (and less expensive) to work with
and i so happy to be loved!!!
I was hoping someone would find this useful ^ - ^
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