Watercolor Paper Block, Watercolor Block 100% Cotton 140g/300GSM (9X12 Cold Press)

This paper is as good as any other namebrand 100% cotton watercolor papers, including arches. The price is great and I will be buying more. Everyone could be confident when they buy this paper that it will be as described and work well.

I usually use Arches but it is very expensive. I decided to try this brand and it was great! I buy the block instead of the pad and there's an acceptable amount of buckling even with multiple washes. It absorbs water well and the colors stay like you put them on. I will still use Arches for "special" paintings, but for everyday paintings or practice paintings, this brand is perfect! Have already purchased it 4 times.

The paper if fine, but the reason I got 100% cotton watercolor paper was the durability. When adding too much water (as you do in watercolors), it does not hold together as well as I expected. It works fine, just don’t put too much water on it.

I am always on the lookout for good watercolor paper, but yet at at good price. I like watercolor blocks vs. pads and when I saw this watercolor block at that great price, I had to jump on it. I was PLEASANTLY surprised when receiving. Not only is the texture very nice to paint on, there's 32 sheets! My colors are very vibrant and connects with the paper very nicely. By no means am I a professional watercolorist, however, I have learned what I like, and this is a nice block of paper. As a matter of fact, I'm going to order another one. Because watercolor paper is like toilet paper... you can never have enough!

The cheapest cotton watercolor paper out there. Nicely packaged. The criticism that it tends to wrinkle a bit more than other cotton papers is spot on. But, that might be a minor concern for many applications, considering that it is a clear step up from wood-pulp based papers and compared to Arches, you are trading $3.00 per sheet for $0.75 per sheet.

I haven't used this paper enough yet to know it's full potential but based on seeing and touching it and the few paintings that I've done on the paper, my first impression is that it is very similar to the strathmore 100% cotton watercolor paper. I do doubt if it is in fact cotton because it has a very wood pulp paper effect with the paint but I know that some cotton watercolor paper is like that. I do like it. I know that there would be certain paintings that I will want to do specifically on this paper but I doubt that I will buy it again. Possibly, because it is so similar to the strathmore paper, I might buy this one instead of the strathmore but not sure. The paper is in a pad with a spiral binding on top but it doesn't have a tear section so if you want to remove the paper from the pad, you would have to tear it from the rings or cut it. I do find that slightly aggravating but at the same time, other pads that are made like this I have to end up cutting anyway because the dotted line where you tear the paper always leaves a jagged edge anyway. I wouldn't recommend this for beginners, I would say this is a good paper for people who have a decent foundation with painting already as a cheaper alternative for scrap paper or practice paper. I wouldn't use this paper for professional paintings that you intend to sell or give away. It did take liquid watercolor pretty well. There was only some slight blurring/fuzziness when the liquid watercolor was being used in high concentration with very little water. If you mix water with the liquid watercolor, it seemed to work pretty well. Other than that, my tube paints and pan paints had similar effects on this paper to wood pulp paper with uneven drying time, creating hard lines, blooms, and general uneven washes. It's not horrible but I am mentioning this so you know what to expect with this paper. I will continue to use it for practice or certain paintings when I was that slight messiness in the painting. I will still continue to use my bachmore watercolor paper as my main practice paper though.

I am a watercolor teacher and I use these paper blocks all the time. I have recommended them to my students also. I go through a lot of paper and these blocks are economical as well as good quality. I have several of them so that I can rotate them through various stages of my projects. I highly recommend these for the student as well as more accomplished painter.

This is 100% cotton and in block form it holds its shape using lots of water. I highly recommend it! I have also tried the watercolor pad and strangely the paper is not as good. Paint seems to sit on the paper and is not absorbed. I will only buy the paper in block form.

I just start learning watercolour and this paper texture give me the exact results it’s not cheap, so I use it very cautiously just to make sure I won’t waste it and the sizes good for making bookmark or printing on T-shirts

Muy buen precio pero parece que No es 100% algodon. El gramaje es adecuado, pero no absorve el agua ni la pintura. Parece que tuviera una capa de algo que repele la pintura. No funciona como cualquier papel para acuarela 100% algodón. Lo devolví y estoy esperandoel reembolso. Y compré Strathmore, prensa fría y caliente, los dos son muy buenos.