Arches Watercolor Block, Cold Press 10X14

Paper is good quality and glued edges hold well, but still release easily when its time to take the top sheet off. I have used Arches blocks for years.

To paint watercolor landscapes.

so much better than those cheaper thinner papers. i was surprised at the difference. i will use it for all of my paintings, i still will use a cheaper paper to make a primary works

If you want to do good work you must have good tools. And that means this paper!

The sizing on this paper makes it difficult to manipulate water in the way that it seems necessary for watercolorists. It is very different than the old Arches quality in traditional blocks and thus defeats the purpose of using a block.

High quality paper. My daughter enjoys drawing on it.

Always predictably good

Paper makes such a difference. This paper is consistently good for watercolor

The paper itself is great. I love arches especially when I’m looking for a really atmospheric sky look. My negative is how the paper smells. It smells like it’s been in a smokers house... rancid smell of smoke. It’s almost unbearable. As soon as the paper is wet, the smoke smell gets right into my nose. It’s horrible. I’m almost considering throwing the pad away because of it.

Just what the artist in the family wanted and could not get elsewhere in the time frame needed.