Tell us about yourself and you work. I’m Alyssa Ingham and I’m a graphic designer, illustrator and hand lettering artist hailing from Houston, TX. My work doesn’t really fit into one particular style, but nature, spirituality, and music are huge sources of inspiration. I enjoy deep-diving into a medium for some time and then move on, holding onto the bits I enjoyed most. Right now, I keep coming back to letterpress printing – it’s such a beautiful process that requires such a high level of attention, and I love being able to offer it to clients as an option for their design needs.  Instag ..read more

About Jennifer. I am a full-time Canadian painter working primarily with watercolour and/or charcoal on paper, with the goal of creating expressive, luminous and finely detailed paintings of historic architecture, landscape and still life. My professional art career began in 1989 after graduating with Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Alberta. My paintings are exhibited and collected worldwide, have received significant awards, and are included in many curated fine art publications. I am an elected member the Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour (CSPWC), the American Waterco ..read more

Artist Program: Lizzy Gass, an artist painting real and fantastical worlds. Join our experienced artist as she embarks on an insightful journey testing various watercolor papers. Find in-depth reviews, performance assessments, and expert recommendations to select the perfect paper for your watercolor paintings. Tell us about yourself and your work! I’m a painter who uses watercolor and gouache to create fantastical worlds and capture treasured memories. With a background in chemistry and nursing, I blend my love of science, fairytales, and the outdoors to create whimsical and detailed pai ..read more

Artist Program: Lizzy Gass, an artist painting real and fantastical worlds. Join our experienced artist as she embarks on an insightful journey testing various watercolor papers. Find in-depth reviews, performance assessments, and expert recommendations to select the perfect paper for your watercolor paintings. Tell us about yourself and your work! I’m a painter who uses watercolor and gouache to create fantastical worlds and capture treasured memories. With a background in chemistry and nursing, I blend my love of science, fairytales, and the outdoors to create whimsical and detailed pai ..read more

Artist Program: Jamie Kushner Blicher My name is Jamie Kushner Blicher and I am a self taught alcohol ink/mixed media artist. I’ve been creating almost exclusively on YUPO for the past 8 years. I’ve always been artistic and when I started my fertility Journey, which ended up being a long one, I used art to cope. Creating using sterile, IVF needles as a paintbrush on YUPO has been a lifeline in so many ways. I now paint for individuals and fertility centers all over the US to create joy, make beauty and move forward from pain. What is your inspiration for creating? My inspiration for creating ..read more

Through the Legion Artist Program, Dennis & Christina Jacobs tested a variety of papers for their screenprints. Read more about Arsenal Handicraft’s findings as they dive into this paper exploration. Arsenal Handicraft is a husband and wife illustration / screen printing due based in Michigan.  They work in their home studio illustrating and designing hand pulled screen prints with a focus on using unique pigments, such as those that are metallic or glow in the dark.  We have been printmakers for about 15 years and our first printmaking project was our wedding invitations.  ..read more

Introducing: Possibilities of Paper - Colorplan, Edition 2, produced in collaboration with Imprimerie Du Marais (Paris, France). View Edition 1 here. The second edition in a series of three is in collaboration with French print and production house Imprimerie du Marais to showcase the vast potential of Colorplan through unique and unusual color combinations, paired with production techniques such as silk screen printing, hot foiling, and sculpted embossing.  A natural evolution from Edition 1, Edition 2 steps back from the micro view of the butterfly to reveal more of the concept image ..read more

Professional printmaker and printmaking tutor Kathryn Anderson takes us through the print process she uses when printing her etchings.  Kathryn is an ambassador for Somerset paper and is known for her highly detailed prints capturing the beauty and mystery of the natural world. ABOUT ETCHING (Intaglio) Intaglio is the opposite of relief printing. I always think of it this way: Etchings print what’s BENEATH the surface and relief prints print what is ON the surface. Creating etchings is a very old technique. They were first produced around 1500. Some of the great etchers include Durer, Rem ..read more

Through the Legion Artist Program, Nicholas Lantz tested a variety of papers for his charcoal work. At Legion, we always suggest testing several papers, as each artists hand is different and will find different results. Learn more about Nicholas Lantz’s work and his journey exploring different surfaces. I was really surprised how differently these papers performed given how similar they looked. I expected there to be minor differences, but each paper had its own characteristics. Tell us about yourself and your work. My name is Nick Lantz, I am an artist currently living in Cleveland Ohio. D ..read more

The Possibilities of Colorplan - Edition 1 of 3, in collaboration with Swiss Printer, Sonderegger. Colorplan represents an exceptional achievement in paper making. Over the last 80 years Colorplan has been continually refined, perfected, and pushed the range to its limits. Every one of its 55 colors, optional embossings and 10 weights is made sustainably, in Great Britain. It can adapt to endless transformations, from boxes to business cards, paper bags to works of art. Possibilities of Paper - Colorplan explores the subject of Butterflies. Butterflies conjure up images of sunshine, the warmt ..read more