Parchment and vellum are both prepared skins which are NOT tanned. ...parchment in general refers to any type of animal skin turned into a paper-like material ...

Here is something I tried last night. Its on a small piece of vellum. The black olive tree is a linocut I did sometime ago, printed in speedball water based ...

Oct 11, 2013 · I've been painting on Kelmscott vellum for a number of years but recently tried the natural vellum for the first time.

Parchment has been made for centuries, and is usually calf, goat, or sheep skin. The term vellum from the French veau refers to a parchment made from calf skin.

Sheepskin is usually referred to as parchment. Sheep tend to have a lot of fat, which makes parchment very thin and white, not really suitable for painting, but ...

Mar 14, 2016 · Yes and yes. Examples: various medieval books written and beautifully painted on parchment and/or vellum (which is just special parchment).

Sep 24, 2019 · Parchment is a general term for an animal skin which has been prepared for writing and printing and can be any variety of animal, ...

Dec 29, 2022 · Vellum and parchment consists mostly of collagen. When the water in paint media touches parchment's surface, the collagen melts slightly ...

Feb 11, 2018 · Once selected the skins are salt preserved, lime washed, scraped and stretched. There are a variety of different kinds of parchment and vellum ...