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Raw Paper
Shuen Paper (Xuan Paper) is the most popular paper in China among brush painters and calligraphers. It is the most sensitive of the rice papers, cheerfully displaying dynamic strokes and complex shade variations with translucent fluidity and original spontaneity.

We carry many variations of raw shuen paper, each with their own unique characteristics. For beginners we recommend our Double Shuen paper. More experienced artists can review the characteristics of each paper and pick the ones that best suits their subject and purpose.
Premium Double Shuen
Premium Double Shuen handles excess moisture with grace and also displays colors vividly. It embodies the best of both worlds in a way that we have never seen before in a paper that we've been able to purchase in decent quantities.

General Use
Premium Double Shuen is an excellent choice for any spontaneous style subject especially florals, animals and figures. It displays colors vividly and has a wonderful bound quality or forgiveness with excess moisture.
P27: Premium Double Shuen: 10 Full Sheets
Dimensions: 27"x54"
List Price: $25.00
P27P: Premium Double Shuen: 100 Full Sheets
Dimensions: 27"x54"
List Price: $175.00
Double Shuen (SP)
Double Shuen (SP) is a two-ply rice paper that shows brilliant color, reveals lively color variation and allows smooth delivery of strokes and color. This paper is OAS's finest for flower painting, in fact, Ning Yeh's Instructional TV Series "Chinese Flower Painting" centers on this very paper.

General Use
Double Shuen (SP) is also great for other subjects such as plants, animals and low-moisture landscapes. An excellent choice for painting but keep in mind that Double Shuen (SP) does require some attention to moisture control as it bleeds easier than regular Premium Double Shuen or Practice Double Shuen.

Poppy painted on Double Shuen by Ning Yeh
P25: Double Shuen (SP): 10 Full Sheets
Dimensions: 27" x 54"
List Price: $17.50
P25A: Double Shuen (SP): 12 Cut Sheets
Dimensions: 18" x 27"
List Price: $8.50
P25P: Double Shuen (SP): 100 Full Sheets
Dimensions: 27" x 54"
List Price: $135.00
P25PH: Double Shuen (SP): 50 Full Sheets
Dimensions: 27" x 54"
List Price: $67.50
Practice Double Shuen (A)
Practice Double Shuen (A) is a rice paper that is between Premium Double Shuen and Single Shuen in thickness and sensitivity. It is crispy to the touch and the fiber construction is not as uniform as that of Premium Double Shuen and Single Shuen.

General Use
Great for all subjects; flowers, birds, plants, animals, low-moisture landscapes, etc. Excellent for practice because of its economical price and sensitivity level (bleeds easier than Premium Double Shuen, can teach you moisture control).
P08: Practice Double Shuen (A): 10 Full Sheets
Dimensions: 27" x 54"
List Price: $17.50
P08PH: Practice Double Shuen (A): 50 Full Sheets
Dimensions: 27" x 54"
List Price: $55.00
P08P: Practice Double Shuen (A): 100 Full Sheets
Dimensions: 27" x 54"
List Price: $110.00
P08A: Practice Double Shuen (A): 12 Cut Sheets (18"x27")
Dimensions: 18" x 27"
List Price: $7.00
P03BL: Practice Double Shuen (A): 48 Cut Sheets (18" x 13 1/4")
Dimensions: 18" x 13 1/4"
List Price: $12.00
P03B: Practice Double Shuen (A): 48 Cut Sheets (13.25" x 9.25")
Dimensions: 13.25" x 9.25"
List Price: $6.00
Double Shuen AO
Double Shuen AO is a double pulled single shuen offering the similar moisture sensitivity of a single shuen but with increased durability.

General Use
Often selected by Calligraphy teachers when teaching beginner students how to write. Its moisture sensitivity reinforces the need for a quick delivery of strokes similar to that of a single shuen, but offers greater durability to a beginner who may cause a single shuen to tear from excess moisture.

This paper is also the recommended paper for Pat San Soucie's (www.patsansoucie.com) watermedia filter technique in abstract watercolor painting.

P24A: Double Shuen (AO) Roll
Dimensions: 18" x 27"
List Price: $7.00
Single Shuen (formerly Best Shuen)
Single Shuen (formerly Best Shuen), is a fine one-ply rice paper treasured by masters of Chinese brush painting. Single Shuen is the most sensitive of all the Shuen papers – allowing the best color variation to show provided that you learn the skills to control your moisture and apply quick brushstrokes. Without these skills Single Shuen can be frustrating to work with. Too much water, grainy colors, sluggish strokes will all show. Experienced brush painters affectionately call Best Shuen "honest" paper because if you excel it will show your work proudly, if you struggle it will tell the tale.

General Use
Best for: Flower, Bird, Animal & Figure. Look to the ABC of Chinese Painting by Ning Yeh to learn a fantastic lesson on using the backside of Best Shuen.
P10: Single Shuen: 10 Full Sheets
Dimensions: 27" x 54"
List Price: $15.00
P10A: Single Shuen: 12 Cut Sheets
Dimensions: 18" x 27"
List Price: $7.00
P10P: Single Shuen: 100 Full Sheets
Dimensions: 27" x 54"
List Price: $95.00