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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[…]

7: Hahnemühle cold press 300 lb: I was trying to get hold of Hanhnemühle Cezanne paper, but they sent me only stock labeled ‘Watercolour”.
I’m not sure if they no longer make Cezanne, but I couldn’t find it on their website.
Testing what was in front of me I was pleasantly surprised.
I think this[…]

6: Canson Heritage cold press 300 lb (reverse side): In pursuit of this fabled superior reverse side of a Canson Heritage stock, I tested the reverse side of the cold pressed grano fino.
The reverse has less surface sizing than the front side and was so utterly unremarkable that I didn’t bother creating a step[…]

5: Canson Heritage cold press 300 lb: This is the second heritage stock I’m testing (third if you count testing the reverse of the 300 lb rough).
The texture is, as expected, subtler than the rough, and finer than a typical cold press (almost too fine, for my liking).
The paper feels luxurious, but a[…]

2: Stonehenge Aqua cold press 300 lb: Here I’m testing out a sample of Stonehenge Aqua, kindly provided for me by Michael Ginsburg of Legion Paper in New York.
Stonehenge Aqua is a European made paper that was introduced in 2012; it balances out the Stonehenge Print & Drawing range that was first introduced in[…]

Watercolor paper tests & reviews So, this week I’ve been busy testing watercolor paper swatch samples to try an dfind a replacement for Arches rough 300 lb, the paper I’ve been using for a couple of decades.
Arches is presenting me a cfew challenges – I know it’s the “MacDaddy” of watercolor papers, but that[…]