Canson XL Series Watercolor Textured Paper Pad for Paint, Pencil, Ink, Charcoal, Pastel, and Acrylic, Fold Over, 140 Pound, 9x12 Inch, , 30 Sheets

I use this for my practice art. It doesnt spread as well as like thier Arches, but is cheaper and really good for practice. Ill keep on buying.

This is the best paper . Very thick and I use it for painting with acrylics instead of buying canvases.

Es un buen producto para principiantes, en ocasiones me parece un poco duro, pero está muy bien.

Bought two of these for preschoolers to paint on. The school supply company we usually order from sends the worst watercolor paper. My little painters love this paper and will paint for a good hour now that they arent mad about the paper immediately getting so yucky. A voluntary hour of painting from a 3 year old is fairly impressive. Completely worth spending more on the paper.

We LOVE this paper. I bought it for my young kiddos at home but will definitely be bringing it into my preschool class, no more tearing wholes in paper when my 4 year old kiddos are using too much water and paint. We made a whole gallery wall of paintings we made as a family. It’s thick and a little textured. Love

Thick and has a nice tooth to it. I have used oil pastels, Inktense pencils, water soluble oil pastels all with great result. Canson is my go-to brand for art pads. I like thier 60 page mixed media 14x17 pad too.

As an artist, this is great quality for watercolor. At #140 it has great weight and didn’t shed when I used it, very important. If you are looking for paper with texture this has some but not notable. If this remains a lower priced paper pad, I would recommend it. I would order again and purchase as a gift for a fellow artist.

The colors do NOT fade. Here is a comparison and biased against Canson since the Fluid paper is hot press and 100% cotton. I used Schminke Horadam pan paints. I do have three Kremer colors (also pans) and one of the Indigo swatches is Holbein (tube). From the fading and piling complaints of other reviewers, it sounds as if the sizing was missing and they got a bad batch. I would check who the seller was for those reviews. I havent done large washes with it, so I cant attest to buckling. I usually cut down and use it for small studies and for color testing and swatch mixes. For the price level of this paper it is excellent.

Positive: Fine paper for acrylic, pencils and crafts for art classes and schools. oil pastel also lays well on this paper. It is good for Cricut printer!!! See the photo. You can cut durable parts out of it and paint them. Minuses: Watercolor pencils/Watercolors are not the best option for this type of paper, but also bearable. Of course this is paper for children and beginners. All the same, the paper/pad has curvature a little from after using a lot of water. But only a professional artist can hate this. For kids - OK MAYBE HELPFULL : these sheets are large enough, so I divide them in half with a special cutter, what is very economical and allows you to use them for childrens classes and sketches.

excellent price and decent paper. Its the best overall paper Ive found for my students!