🎨 Leda Art Supply Hot Pressed Watercolor Pad 2 Pack (48 Pages Total) 300 Gram - 140 Pound 25% Cotton fine Italian Art Paper with Smooth Surface for Professional Renderings, A4 Size 8.25 x 11.5 Inches Review

This is a nice smooth heavyweight watercolor paper that works very well. I tested different types of watercolor on it - several colors from the DaVinci line and several colors from Daniel Smith. The paper retained the vibrant color of the ink and did an excellent job of granulating the colors. It worked particularly well with Daniel Smith's earth colors (the fissile purple hematite did an excellent job on this paper). "matte", muted earthy pigments - on a heat press. I'm definitely looking…

I usually use cold press when it comes to watercolours, but I need hot press paper for some of the smaller jobs I want to do. in a set with two tablets. I say that because the package arrived in a puddle and luckily the plastic wrap kept the pallets from damage even though the box was crumbly. BINDING The binding is foldable so you can conveniently pull it straight onto the pillow if you like. QUALITY The paper is very nice. I like the surface and the texture of the paper lends itself well to…

The first thing you need to know about this paper is that each notebook contains 12 sheets. Not 24. I've seen sketchbooks that list page counts, but I've never bought a watercolor pad (or any other pad) that counts both sides of the paper. It is always listed in sheets as you are expected to crop/render it! I had to catch it because it says so on the cover. But it was only my fault for reading the title and description. I thought it would be a great deal for an unknown stock, but when I got…

First of all, all Leda papers are great. I usually use a mixed media pad as I find myself using a lot of humid environments, but after hearing suggestions that watercolor paper would be better I decided to compare Leda's cold pressed and hot pressed watercolors side by side. Paper to see which handles the wet material. Note: I haven't tested it with real watercolor - I'm just testing the texture and how it handles wet materials in general. The hot-pressed leaf seemed a little lighter to me than