Following Violet's lead, I have been painting on scraps of cardstock. During this process, I have found that coated cardstock is a fun surface to paint on. (I discovered this by accident, when I pulled a scrap of a pearlescent cardstock from my stash.)
Watercolour paper is traditionally sized with gelatin, so that the paint does not sink immediately into the paper, but floats on the surface. Coated cardstock performs in the same way; uncoated cardstock soaks up the paint immediately.
Artists who create a lot of art and break the rules often speak of "happy accidents". This was one of those!
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