Digital BW, The Print

> Another paper you might consider for this is the uncoated Somerset
> Velvet. It can give highly satisfying results with either B&W or color.
> Utilising Black only printing, it can also give nice photographic
> detail as well.
> Doing what you wish will take a bit of experimenting but is not
difficult.
> 
> Regards.
> Duane
> 

Thanks, Duane for the tip on paper.  I know it will take some
experimenting and I have alot to learn about the digital workflow to
get  the image I want, but that is part of the excitment of
experimenting!  I am starting small/simple (Epson c86, MIS EZ inks,
Olympus c-8080, Photoshop 7) to start with.  Don't have a lot of
experience with doing the curves thing yet but will learn.

In fact I may not want as much detail and tones as for a normal
photographic print (although I will do those as well) for the
watercolor.  I don't plan on much dry brush but will work alot of
wet-in-wet washes over the various areas of the print, so the surface
will need to be receptive to that technique.