Arches Aquarelle Watercolor Paper Pad -300 GSM, Rough Grain, Natural White, 36x51cm, 20 Sheets

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                                Arches Aquarelle Watercolor Paper Pad -300 GSM, Rough Grain, Natural White, 36x51cm, 20 Sheets

Since 1492, Arches has been producing finest materials for art and literary greats to inspire artists. Over the centuries, quality has always been paramount and today the manufacturing process brings together traditional techniques with the very latest advances in papermaking technology. Arches paper is made in the village of Arches in the Vosges, France. The high-quality water supplied by river provides optimum conditions to produce excellent paper.

Arches Watercolor Paper an inimitable paper of the highest quality and is 100% cotton paper. ensuring durability, natural feel, and superior  water absorption.

300 GSM (140lb) weight provides excellent strength and prevents warping even with heavy washes.

Natural White Shade preserves color vibrancy and gives paintings a timeless look,

This legendary paper is still made with natural cotton fibers, carefully selected for their absorbency and durability.

Arches Watercolor Paper is mould-made. The cylinder-mould machine ensures that fibers are evenly distributed which makes the paper extremely stable, so it will not warp or stretch when water is applied to it.

Its composition with long fibers of 100% cotton gives the paper its strength, beauty, a natural, lasting whiteness and an inimitable touch with the look and feel of a vintage hand-made paper.

They are acid-free, pH-neutral, gelatin-sized, Chlorine Free and air-dried.

Sheets have two natural deckle edges, two torn deckle edges, and are watermarked and embossed.

Arches Watercolor paper is strong enough to handle multiple washes of color, masking fluid, scrubbing and artist tape without damage to the surface.

Each sheet is permeated with sizing to give each fiber a consistent feel and absorbency.

Printmakers who desire to use this paper for etching/intaglio should note that for the extra-sizing process usually requires soaking overnight or possibly longer to prepare and soften the surface.

Grain

The grain of a paper is the texture of its surface, which can be of varying degrees of smoothness, the smoothest being satin grain. Arches papers are known for their smooth, regular grain, obtained by making the paper on a cylinder mould and thanks to the choice of the felt, which impresses its surface onto the sheet.

Ideal for watercolor painting, as for all wet techniques such as ink, gouache and acrylic

Rough grain (“torchon”)- The rough finish has an effect close to that of handmade paper.

This rough grain paper helps to achieve valuable effects of texture. Ideal for gouache, acrylic, charcoal, pastel, watercolor, ink.