Arches Watercolor Pad, 9 x 12

I buy this product and take it with me while traveling. I love Arches but I cant always afford a whole block of paper. Arches is an excellent watercolor paper especially for loose painting because I use a lot of water.

Arches makes the best watercolor paper in the world.

It was actually less rough than I expected and I was able to get interesting brush strokes on the paper. More so than Cold Pressed. It will not be my goto paper but when I want more textures, Rough workd great.

This is my very favorite paper. However this pad was old and the sizing had gone bad. Paper was not usable and had to be discarded.

Excellent watercolor paper.

Takes watercolor nicely. The rough surface allows you to use more water without warping the paper.

Best paper I have used

Paper is one of the most important things for making your watercolor paintings look amazing!

Thought Id give this a try....Unfortunately for me, this watercolor paper is a bit too rough...just wanted to give it a try...Will try some other techniques on this rough paper to see how it handles different degrees of wetness.

I love Arches paper and always use cold press so I wanted to try the rough to see the difference. It has its place for certain applications ie landscapes perhaps. A bit non absorbent unless you pre wet your paper.