Creator of Tight Paper Watman. What is Watman

About the importance and advantages of this type of office can tell a lot of any artist, or a person who is forced to use it for work.

What is Watman?

It is distinguished by high quality and abrasion resistance.

The standard watman size in centimeters - 59.4x84.1 cm, has a format A1 and is called "educational".

What is it and how it appeared

This paper variety is different from another quality and manufacturing method. The size of the sheet is suitable under the standard system of formats. Main differences:

there is no pronounced texture;

more dense;

more resistant, images on it are saved much longer;

refers to the type of drawing papers.

But, despite all the differences, the main parameter, namely, the dimensions of the format of Watman, the same as other paper. Just in 1750, one very smart man named James Watman Senior, who had his typographic business, came up with technology, thanks to which the paper sheets could be made without traces of the grid. It is in the process of manufacture and lies the whole secret, and the size of the paper Watman has nothing to do with this. As a result, this stationery owner is obliged to its own name.

On the expanses of our Motherland, this type of office appeared only in the 19th century, and was called the "rough" paper. It was mostly used, and used now, for drawing or drawing with a pencil, ink or watercolor paints.

Parameters

Watman in centimeters has the same length, width and area, as well as standard sheets of a certain format. True, if the standard is considered to be the standard, which has an area equal to 1 m2, then with the Watman, things are a little different.

What standard at Watmanov? Next after a0 - a1. Most often for work, the production of the Goznak is used, as it is characterized by very good quality.. Such a sheet in centimeters has a size of 610x860 millimeters. It can be attributed to a separate category of stationery products, as the structure is not only different from the usual, it can have a variety of nuances. Moreover, these nuances do not depend on what size Watman you will get.

The quality of the sheet and its characteristics play a considerable role. When choosing them, you need to know exactly what exactly you want to acquire this particular type of office. An ordinary Watman can be called the drawing, as it is mainly used to create a variety of plans, schemes or tables, but in the artistic sphere he also took his place. Today you can buy such a specific appearance of this stationery, like dirt paper. It is suitable for several techniques, and is universal, it does not matter what size of Watman.

Nuances

But, despite the fact that this stationery has come to us from Europe, and as sizes we use international standards of formats, which are also European, the paper of the company has some differences. Standard watman size in centimeters 59.4x84.1, but the same product of the goatak - 610x860, with a density of 200 g / m2.

But the size of Half Watman, if, of course, you buy it, but do not make it yourself, when printing coincides with the value of our foreign friends - 420x594 mm. Everyone knows that the proportion of one to the square root of two is used to determine the paper parameters. Thus, if you fold the sheet in half, we will get two other sheets that are identical to the first, but have a smaller area and side. Cutting in half the standard sheet A1, we will not work A2, since Watman Gosnak has a little more size than is accepted in Europe.

So, let's summarize all the differences:

different standard (A1 and A0);

different way of manufacture;

different characteristics.

Before buying it is worth clarifying whether the value of the extra millimeters on the edge of the sheet are.

size table

The size of the formats A0, A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6 in mm.

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AX format sheets are defined by the International StandardISO216. All of them have the aspect ratio of 1: √2, called the ratio of Lichtenberg, with bringing to an integer number of millimeters.

Dimensions of Watman

As the basis of the number taken a0 format sheet, having an area of \u200b\u200b1 square meter. The remaining sheets are obtained by dividing it in half (with an accuracy of a millimeter).

• Format sheet A0. He has a size 841 × 1189 mm. This is the size of the so-called "Watmansky leaf" or "Watman" in the drawing business.
• Format sheet A1 He has a size 594 × 841 mm And it turns out to destroy the leaf A0 in half minus 1 mm on the cut.
• Format sheet A2. He has a size 420 × 594 mm and it turns out to destroy the leaf A1 in half minus 1 mm per cut. Approximately this format has the sheets of traditional newspapers.
• Format sheet A3. He has a size 297 × 420 mm And it turns out to destroy the leaf A2 in half without residues and reserves. Approximately such a format has newspapers-tabloids. A3 format (or a slightly larger A3 + format) - maximum, which is used in printers and consumer-class copiers.
• Format sheet A4. He has a size 210 × 297 mm And it turns out to destroy the leaf A3 in half without residues and reserves. This is the main paper used in Russia, applied in office work, it is the main one for most printers and is considered a standard sheet of paper, if the format is not specifically specified.
• Format sheet A5. He has a size 148 × 210 mm And it turns out to destroy the leaf A4 in half minus 1 mm on the cut. In A5 format, minor interturbable brochures are usually produced, which multiply on the printer or copy machine.
• Format sheet A6. He has a size 105 × 148 mm And it turns out to destroy the leaf A5 in half without residues and reserves.

Watman can come in handy not only by people of technical professions, but also to everyone who wants to realize their creative ideas. On how to properly determine the size of the Watman and what color palette it happens, we will tell in this article.

What it is?

Watman is a dense paper of the highest grade, the main characteristics of which are:

• lack of well-pronounced texture
• high strength;
• presence of surface sizing;
• resistance to abrasion.

Watman refers to the form of drawing papers.

Views

In stores you can see several types of this paper:

1. Universal- Suitable for use in various spheres.
2. Genty- It has a saddened surface, which is convenient to draw by any paints, as well as a pencil, pastel, coal. This type of Watman is very expensive, for this reason it is rarely seen in the stores of our country, but it is very convenient in the work.
3. Highly skled paper. In order to make such paper, the dense base is well shed special compositions that are very similar to those used in the manufacture of watercolor paper. This type of watman is hard, resistant to large moisture and oil paint bases. By weight, it is heavier than ordinary Watman.

A little history and destination

After in the mid-1750s, James Watmen, who invented Watman, established his paper production, this paper very quickly gained wide popularity.

Artists became interested in this type of paper. Later it began to apply for print books. The quality of the paper highly appreciated the people of technical professions.

In everyday life, it is often offered to kids who only learn to draw. In addition, it makes various wall newspapers and posters. Often with it make up backgrounds for photos, wish cards, original congratulations with gifts.

Watercolor Watman is a great base for painting.He successfully withstands high humidity, not rolling at the same time. Paints do not spread over a dense sheet, which gives the artist the opportunity to create original color overflows and combinations. Finished work will dry quickly, this process does not spoil the image quality. Such paper is suitable for drawing a gouache or watercolor.

For the drawing, Watman Marka was used. Drawing paper is ideal for drawing-graphic works with pencils, ink, watercolor or gouache. As a result of frequent erasure, the sheet does not change its properties.

The size

Standard is called Watman A1 format, which is also called learning. This is his difference from ordinary paper - its standard is the format A0. The A1 format was also also called 24 paper format.

According to European International Format Standards, the size of the Watman A1 sheet should be 59.4 * 84.1 cm, however, the popular program of the Gennak is distinguished by its size. Watman A1 format of this manufacturer has dimensions 61 * 86 cm.

Cutting in half a sheet of Watman's paper from the GoKonak, you will not receive a standard format A2, the parameters of which must be 42 * 52.4 cm, as it is a little more European sizes. The same standard of A2 is accepted and in our country.

Watman A3 sheet is the largest format that can be used in printers and a regular customer copying technique. Its standard width and length - 29.7 * 42 cm. Get it you can cut the format A2 in half.

Watmansk paper sheets of A4 paper are considered standard in ordinary life if another size was not consistent in advance. This format is most often used in printers and copiers, office work. The size of this sheet is 21 * 29.7 cm. It can be obtained by cutting the format A3 in half.

With the help of cutting sheet A4, the A5 format is obtained, which is most suitable for printing various brochures. Its parameters 14.8 * 21 cm.

These sizes are most popular. However, Watman happens to other formats. It is possible to get acquainted with them in the table, where the series A denotes that the area of \u200b\u200bthe maximum size is 1 square meters. m., Series B - the length of the short side of the maximum size sheet is 1 m, the series C is the envelope format, for the sheets of the A. series

You can also purchase a rolled watman. It meets less often, however, it is a more economical and convenient option. From it you can make a sheet of non-standard format that you need for work.

Colors

In stores you can now find white and colored watman, with a wide color palette and various formats. In fact, this colored paper is very similar to the Watmansky, it is quite dense, it is convenient to work with pencils and various paints. But in fact it is not Watman at all, because they are customary to be called white paper of the highest grade.

How to pull on the tablet?

The tablet call the chalkboard in the form of a square, the dimensions of which can be different. It is made of glued plywood attached to the frame. The frame base gives stiffness and even when contacting the liquid remains smooth. The tablet may need to work as an artist or architect.

In order to cover the Watman tablet, you will need:

• watman, the size of which will exceed the size of the tablet approximately 5 cm from all sides;
• the tablet;
• buttons with which we will clipped sheet, or furniture stapler;
• water (it can be a can with water and sponge, a shower jet, etc.).

You must first wet the Watman paper sheet with water from two sides. This can be done by holding it under the shower using a sponge and a jar with water, or dipping a sheet into a large container (for example, in a bath). Watman must grow very well. Be at the same time very accurate - raw leaf is very easy.

Next, you must put the Watman sheet on the table. Without waiting for his drying, put on Watman exactly in the middle of the tablet and begin to fix the paper. To do this, bend it on one side and attach to the tablet using the buttons or furniture stapler. In the same way, fasten the rest of the Watman's paper.

The next stage will be very responsible. It is necessary to fix the corners of the Watman. Correct the corner with hands and carefully put it upside down. At the same time, a crumpled paper should be rotated first to the side, and then upstairs.

When all the angles are fixed, use some more clips to fasten the watman to the frame between the center and the corners. All you have left is to dry Watman. Drying must be in a strictly horizontal position.

It is not necessary to put a tablet for drying next to heating devices: sheets can be removed and crack in place where water flowed from it.

The result is well done work - perfectly smooth watman paper sheet stretched on the tablet. If suddenly, after drying, turned out to be torn angles, you pulled too much paper. If you saw the waves, it is the result of the watman's bad attachment to the tablet.

How to smooth out?

It happens that such situations happen when it is necessary to straighten the Watman. You may need to align the rolled sheet or straighten the crumpled document. With such situations, you can try to cope on your own. There are several ways for this. Consider more.

Press

Spray the water from a distance of at least 30 cm on a sheet or lightly moisten it with a wet towel. Use only distilled water: simple in this case is not suitable, as it contains minerals that can make paper with rigid and breaking. Water soften damaged fibers, and they will be smooth. Put wet watman under the press and give him time to dry and disclose. It usually takes from 2 to 5 days.

Instead of the press, the layers of absorbent material ("wet", wool felt or other absorbing materials can also be used. You can even use a paper towel as them, however embossing on it can leave a footprint on a sheet. Absorbent material you have to replace as needed.

Be careful if you work on your sheet with watercolor paints, chalk, pastels or water-based ink. So that the water does not blur them, it is necessary to spray a sheet on the reverse side.

Iron

Using the iron for these purposes is quite risky, because with a strong heating, the sheet may yellow, if you keep the iron for a long time in one place, and can also be fading ink or tear out. It is better to first test on a small piece of paper.

Roll into Watman and cover it with a towel. Stroging is necessary from the lowest temperatures. After 1 minute work, check the leaf and, if necessary, add the temperature.

If the sheet has heard too much, it is necessary to moisten it with a slight spraying with distilled water. Also for these purposes you can use the ferry on the iron. It is impossible to spray a sheet over watercolor, chalk, pastels or other water-based materials.

Riding a sheet about the edge of the table

This method can be used if you need to straighten the sheet very urgently and there is no time to wait when it will dry. It is suitable only for alignment of large folds. You will need to ride a sheet about the edge of the table repeatedly.

Folding in roll

In this way, you can try to straighten the Watman Sheet, which has long been rolled into the roll and is now twisted. You can try to twist Watman paper in the opposite direction to the roll and give it so lie down. Of course, the guarantees that this method in your case will be effective no one can give, but it is worth trying.

If you accidentally crushed an important document, then you should not try to straighten it yourself. It will be more reliable to give a recovery workshop where professionals will work with it.

Extra accessories

To work with Watman paper and its storage, you may need various additional accessories.

For transportation of Watman, a cover is required. It is very convenient to protect your work from bad weather performed on Watman, in a compact case. What you choose, depends only on your personal preferences. This may be a plastic tube, the diameter and the length of which should be selected, focusing on the number of transported sheets and their format.

Folders are usually made of dense and durable fabric. Sheets are fixed with elastic ribbons. Hard stable frame she gives a strap running along the bottom.

The bag is more suitable for one-time transport of a small format.It is constantly not very convenient to use it.

On how to pull Watman on the tablet, see the next video.

It is known that the dimensions of the formats of sheets A0, A1, A2, A3 and A4 on A10 correspond to the approved Russian standard - GOST2.301-68.

At all plants of the Russian Federation, the main dimensions of the sheets of paper correspond to the values \u200b\u200bthat are presented in the table below.

These formats are unchanged. In addition to the Russian Federation, these sizes are recorded and international standards. It must be said that it is very convenient, it would still, because documents are used everywhere.

Paper except formats and sizes is divided into a series of series. All of their three: A, B and C. This division complies with ISO international standards.

• Pa paper A. Predestly used for documents. For example, in Russia for registration of various documents, the A4 paper format is used.
• Paper Series B. It is used for the manufacture of printing products.
• Paper Series S. Used for envelopes.

Paper format - This is a standardized paper sheet size.

Standard paper sizes were different at different times in different countries. To date, primarily use:

• iNTERNATIONAL STANDARD ISO 216 (A4 and accompanying) and
• north American system.

The ISO 216 standard was created in 1975 from the German DIN 476 of the Standard and identified the series A and B paper formats. The standard is based on the metric system of measures and is based on the format of a sheet of paper with an area of \u200b\u200b1 m². The standard was adopted by all countries, with the exception of the United States and Canada.

About the importance and advantages of this type of office can tell a lot of any artist, or a person who is forced to use it for work. It is distinguished by high quality and abrasion resistance.

The standard watman size in centimeters - 59.4x84.1 cm, has a format A1 and is called "educational".

What is it and how it appeared

This paper variety is different from another quality and manufacturing method. The size of the sheet is suitable under the standard system of formats. Main differences:

there is no pronounced texture;

more dense;

more resistant, images on it are saved much longer;

refers to the type of drawing papers.

But, despite all the differences, the main parameter, namely, the dimensions of the format of Watman, the same as other paper. Just in 1750, one very smart man named James Watman Senior, who had his typographic business, came up with technology, thanks to which the paper sheets could be made without traces of the grid. It is in the process of manufacture and lies the whole secret, and the size of the paper Watman has nothing to do with this. As a result, this stationery owner is obliged to its own name.

On the expanses of our Motherland, this type of office appeared only in the 19th century, and was called the "rough" paper. It was mostly used, and used now, for drawing or drawing with a pencil, ink or watercolor paints.

Parameters

Watman in centimeters has the same length, width and area, as well as standard sheets of a certain format. True, if, in relation to ordinary paper, the standard is considered a0, which has an area equal to 1 m 2, then with Watman things are a little different.

What standard at Watmanov? Next after a0 - a1. Most often for work, the production of the Goznak is used, as it is characterized by very good quality.. Such a sheet in centimeters has a size of 610x860 millimeters. It can be attributed to a separate category of stationery products, as the structure is not only different from the usual, it can have a variety of nuances. Moreover, these nuances do not depend on what size Watman you will get.

The quality of the sheet and its characteristics play a considerable role. When choosing them, you need to know exactly what exactly you want to acquire this particular type of office. An ordinary Watman can be called the drawing, as it is mainly used to create a variety of plans, schemes or tables, but in the artistic sphere he also took his place. Today you can buy such a specific appearance of this stationery, like dirt paper. It is suitable for several techniques, and is universal, it does not matter what size of Watman.

Nuances

But, despite the fact that this stationery has come to us from Europe, and as sizes we use international standards of formats, which are also European, the paper of the company has some differences. Standard watman size in centimeters 59.4х84.1, but the same product of the goatak - 610x860, with a density of 200 g / m 2.

But the size of Half Watman, if, of course, you buy it, but do not make it yourself, when printing coincides with the value of our foreign friends - 420x594 mm. Everyone knows that the proportion of one to the square root of two is used to determine the paper parameters. Thus, if you fold the sheet in half, we will get two other sheets that are identical to the first, but have a smaller area and side. Cutting in half the standard sheet A1, we will not work A2, since Watman Gosnak has a little more size than is accepted in Europe.

So, let's summarize all the differences:

different standard (A1 and A0);

different way of manufacture;

different characteristics.

Before buying it is worth clarifying whether the value of the extra millimeters on the edge of the sheet are.

size table

Watman is dense white paper. Refers to the highest grade products, with surface sizing, without texture. By type Watman is a drawing paper that is suitable for drawings with a pencil or watercolor paints. Such paper is ideal for drawing, since it is very resistant to abrasion.

In the post-Soviet countries, a typical format - Watman A1 (size 594 x 841 mm). So called any A1, which is not entirely true. After all, Watman is a special technology of paper production, named after its inventor. Abroad, such paper is called the Wheel, it produces albums for drawing and blanks for valuable documents.

History of appearance

Watman began to produce in England in the 18th century (in the mid-1750s). Jame Whatman Watman can be called the inventor of this type of paper. Paper could well be called "Vochnot", but due to the specifics of the transliteration of English names, Cyrillic was born to the whole well-known name.

Mr. Watman touched the skin, but the desire to get rich led to the discovery in 1733 its own paper production. He settled the goal of producing better paper in Europe, which was helped by the most experienced masters of Britain, who worked in his factory. Unlike competitors, the Watchman's paper was made from linen and hemp rags, as a result of which cellulose was cleaner than the wood.

The artists were the first to appreciate the high quality of Watman's products - the trail from the pencil was excellent, and watercolor paints perfectly lay on a dense basis. Watman has no competitors for 30 years, his paper has become known outside the UK, it began to be widely used to print books. The first book, applied to Watman, is a collection of works of Virgil, and the most famous - the Bible dated 1763.

Watman himself called his invention to the "woven" or "wood" paper due to the fact that the smooth structure of the sheet is comparable to the finest cloth. Different white paper and durability, as well as, in contrast to the paper of other factories, the absence of traces from the mold.

After the death of James Watman, the company inherited his son, already under it the factory products began to be called Watman paper or just Watman. Watman exists and now, only it produces medical equipment.

On the formats of Watman

Paper format is a kind of defined size template adopted as a standard. The international community adopted the ISO standard on which the division takes place in the series: A - for documents, in - for printing, with - for envelopes. In the ISO format standard, which has a value from 0 to 10, each next size is twice as smaller.

Watman, manufactured in post-Soviet countries, can be in format from A1 to A4. Thus, the A1 format is used for professional design and sampling, A2 is popular among students who in such a size will give the diploma and coursework, A3 chose artists, A4 - the most convenient for children who are just beginning to learn to draw.

Watman at home

Based on the maximum format A0, which has an area of \u200b\u200b1 meter square, by dividing in half easily get the desired size. Thus, the drawing Watman A1 is obtained by dividing A0 on 2. It is noteworthy that the system works in the opposite direction: a1 can be obtained by connecting together 8 sheets of paper A4 format. Similarly, the question is solved, how to make Watman at home.

Out of drawing and drawing

Historically, Watman (A1 format, as defined above), became a favorite paper not only for people of technical professions, but also for the realization of all sorts of creative ideas. Watmans were produced on Watmans, posters were drawn at weddings and anniversaries, for the new year and all sorts of memorable events.

Watman and modernity

With the development of modern technologies, Watman has not lost its relevance. With it, they make popular, but unknown earlier things: backgrounds for photos, cards with gifts.

Depending on the goal pursued, the question of how to arrange Watman, is solved in different ways. If you need a photograph, then no additional decor is needed. White paper perfectly emphasizes the texture of items placed on Watman. Popular among girls of desires or on such a sheet are made up simply: paper cuts from logs or pictures printed from the Internet are glued on the paper, which displays the desired object (for example, fashionable shoes, the car, the place where you want to go to rest).

With the help of Watman, it is easy to make an original gift - a poster with sweets (chocolate bars, candy or chewing gum in individual packaging). White background in this case can be decorated, write congratulations to the recipient and with the help of bilateral scotch glue your favorite sweets. It is important to choose small packages so that the scotch coped with the load.