Printable and printed articles

A printable article, comprising:

• a fibrous substrate;
• an image receiving layer over the fibrous substrate;
• and
• a barrier layer between the fibrous substrate and the image receiving layer;
• wherein the image receiving layer comprises at least one polymer pigment and two or more polymer binders;
• and
• wherein at least one of the two or more polymer binders has a glass transition temperature (Tg) at least 20° C. less than a Tg of at least one other of the two or more polymer binders;
• and
• wherein at least one of the two or more polymer binders has a glass transition temperature (Tg) of less than 10° C.

A printed article, comprising:

• a substrate;
• an image receiving layer over the substrate;
• a barrier layer between the substrate and the image receiving layer;
• and
• marking material contained in the image receiving layer, thereby forming an image layer comprising the image receiving layer and the marking material;
• wherein the image receiving layer comprises at least one pigment and two or more binders;
• wherein at least one of the two or more binders has a glass transition temperature (Tg) at least 20° C. less than a Tg of at least one other of the two or more binders;
• and
• wherein the printed article exhibits a textured cracking pattern in the image layer.