Sea Salt watercolor paper tests I’m testing six watercolor papers to see how they respond to a sea salt lifting technique I use frequently in my wildlife art. Papers will be tested in two parts, with the papers in part one being: Stonehenge Aqua Hot Press 275 lb Hahnemühle Cold Press 300 lb Canson Heritage

Sea Salt watercolor paper tests I’m testing six watercolor papers to see how they respond to a sea salt lifting technique I use frequently in my wildlife art. Papers will be tested in two parts, with the papers in part one being: Stonehenge Aqua Hot Press 275 lb Hahnemühle Cold Press 300 lb Canson Heritage

9: Arches 300 lb rough, bright white: Arches is the mac-daddy of watercolor papers – pretty much the reigning champion, and for the most part, I can see why. It has a truly beautiful, non-mechanical mould-made texture, with a satiny soft and receptive surface. The bright white is a whiter paper than the natural, as

8: Saunders Waterford 300 lb cold press: Saunders Waterford is a sumptuous, luxurious paper. Whil etheir rough is know to be the roughest of the rough textures (on par with Lanaquarelle rough), I found their cold press to have a very subtle texture, much smoother than Arches cold press. Arches is a good point of

4: Canson Heritage 300 lb rough (reverse side): I saw a review in which the reviewer discovered that she had perhaps been using the wrong side of the paper, and she was delighted by the performance of what she thought was the reverse, so just in case, I flipped my test swatch over and painted

3: Canson Heritage 300 lb rough: I had heard good things about Canson heritage (admittedly mostly from Canson), so I got hold of some samples and added them to my paper review. Ultimately I was disappointed with the fast absorption (quick drying time), which did not give me enough time to lay out a complex