I
have this as a warm-up exercise pad to do mixed-media projects. I use a
lot of liquid supplies: flow acrylic, inks, water drops, etc. and I've
also pre-gessoed the pages before use. The paper is thick enough to
withstand most of the media without bleeding and holding the painting
pigments quite well. The paper texture is smooth and the colour white.
For the price, this is an excellent watercolour and mixed-media paper
pad.
My main disappointment is with the binding system. It 's
supposed to open and close easily so that one can extract the page,
paint on it and then put it back. I haven't been able to open the rings
no matter how hard I've tried. Leaving the pages in the pad makes them
prone to medium and paint transfer on the edges, even if I use some
baking paper behind the sheet I'm using.
For the rest, very pretty cover, very good paper and very handy size to store away and do small projects. I'll buy again
Wonderful 300 gsm watercolor paper perfect for mixed media, watercolor painting and heavy collage. I've used this with acrylic paints, collage and mixed media, and it stands well multiple layers of paint, embellishments and other materials (chipboard die-cuts, burlap, fabric, other paper, etc.) as well as spray inks. It's slightly larger than A4 (see my photo). Easy to remove from the pad. It's quite smooth but it has a bit of tooth (see my photo). Best non-professional watercolor paper I've ever used. I'll buy it again.
This is a small pocket pad (see my photo beside my A5 journal), with 20 sheets of glorious watercolor paper. However, the way the pad has been assembled is dreadful. The edges are tightly silicone-glued together. The pad comes with a free beautiful feather opener to separate the sheets; however, this one is quite thick, so not really fit for the tightness of the glued edges, so much so that separating the sheets proved difficult and some of the edges were damaged in the process. I don't really see the need of this. Otherwise, as I've said, great watercolor paper and really portable pad.
