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Sidney
Reviewed in the United States on February 3, 2025
Three stars to average the quality and cost.I’ve purchased this paper 6 times. Some as gifts, some as practice paper. It’s been fantastic buy at $9.00 for 50 sheets - .18 a sheet. They just more than doubled the price to $24. Not such a great buy at .48 a sheet.I don’t know if the price will drop, but I might have to look for another practice watercolor paper.
Estarovia
Reviewed in the United States on February 27, 2025
The size is perfect, the paper is perfect who could ask for anything more... need watercolor, or fussy-cut paper, here ya go!
Lauren Nicole Edwards
Reviewed in the United States on April 16, 2025
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Customer
Reviewed in Canada on September 22, 2024
I'm happy with this paper, I'm learning to paint water color. This is a more economical way to paint while learning. I love having the size sheet that I want.
Shadow
Reviewed in the United States on July 2, 2024
Up until now I've only ever used wood pulp watercolor paper, so this is my first time using a cotton paper. I wasn't sure if I wanted to spend the money just yet when I'm still pretty inexperienced with watercolor, but I think the price is well worth it for how many sheets you get!Cotton definitely makes a world of difference when it comes to watercolor, even with cheaper, student- and artist-grade paints. For reference, I used Arteza watercolors for my testing. I believe they are considered artist-grade. The paints flow really well for wet-on-wet compared to wood pulp. They layer nicely without lifting up the paint below it. They also blend pretty well on the paper itself! Streakiness from the brush is virtually gone with cotton paper.I also tested a few different metallic paints (also Arteza) to see how they flowed on this kind of paper, and they also performed well! Normally, with wood pulp paper, I'd have a pretty decent amount of streakiness and it'd dry unevenly, leaving a thicker amount in some places compared to others because of pooling. I also wanted to see if they stuck to this kind of paper any better than wood pulp paper by rewetting and lifting them and it doesn't seem like they do, but that's just the nature of the metallic watercolor paints and not a fault of the paper. Oh well!Unfortunately, I had to give this 4 stars instead of 5 because my pack of paper seemed like it had something heavy sitting on it, and it dented about 8 sheets of the paper. They can be my practice sheets, I guess.
Janis Guyette
Reviewed in the United States on December 12, 2024
A friend recommended this Bee watercolor paper that she is impressed with. I generally use Fabriano and Arches - both excellent quality - but I like experimenting with other lesser known to me brands. What I like about the Bee paper: at 140-lbs it handles watercolor and acrylic nicely with no buckling even with a lot of water; the size 6x9 is so handy to keep in my art tote to take to a class or a friend's house to artplay. The price seems reasonable to me although I haven't done the math to confirm it. Yes, I could cut any paper down to 6x9 but this is a very convenient package of 50 sheets at about $18. Well worth it to me.
Herve Moulin
Reviewed in France on October 29, 2024
Le papier est entre le grain fin et satiné, employé avec des couleurs "Artist" Daler Rowney, il restitue avec fidélité ces dernières. 14/05/25 Il est aussi excellent avec du Winsor et Newton.Travail dans l'humide.Il réagit bien mais gondole assez vite si trop d'eau, donc bien prévoir l'ordonnancement des couches. J'ai remarqué qu'il était vraiment long à sécher naturellement, après des "essais" sans prétention, le lendemain, la feuille à repris ses formes. Il supporte quelques repentis aussi.Travail dans le sec.Rien à dire c'est tout simplement parfait.Mes conclusions, papier étonnant, découvert grâce à Manu de Youtube, excellent rapport qualité prix, permet à peu de frais de s'exercer, de peindre sur du 100% coton. Devant bien avouer, qu'après avoir utilisé quelques feuilles, je n'ai pas hésité à en recommander 50 de plus.Bien je recommande.
The Bookie
Reviewed in the United States on October 15, 2024
This is incredible quality watercolor paper for its price point, and is now my go-to for swatching and drafts. Its a good weight and doesn't buckle as much as many other similar papers. It would work great for painting holiday cards or for an art journal. Ngl, it doesn't quite compare to the top cotton rag papers. The sizing works well for a few washes, even a light, quickly removed coat of resist, but expect some tearing/staining with colored resist that stays on too long. And the size doesn't hold up to even a gentle scrub unfortunately. Even still, watercolors move beautifully over this paper, so I will be using this as my primary test paper going forward. Great product.
LC
Reviewed in the United States on August 13, 2023
So I’m not a professional watercolorist - I guess it depends on what your definition of a professional is. I wish I could get this paper in the larger size - but it always seems to be sold out - because of that, I’m limited on what I can paint. Now it doesn’t stay wet as long as arches, so you definitely either work fast, or let the layer dry completely and go back in over the top. I find adding a little extra water upfront gives me more time to charge. I like the feel of the paper - probably not best if you want to add more than five layers. The paper is a little sensitive to scrubbing, so you have to be cognizant of that. Like I said, I love this paper for watercolor, but due to size limitation, it’s not something I can use from a professional standpoint - again - professional is in the eye of the beholder. It’s a shame, great watercolor paper to practice in for charging.
MOIRA ANDERSON
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 25, 2020
Worth paying for 100% cotton paper that accepts water colour without very little buckling. Will definitely be ordering more
Lenna Heide
Reviewed in Germany on May 20, 2019
Ich hab dieses Papier auf Grund einer Empfehlung gekauft und bin nicht enttäuscht. Ich kaufe es immer in der größe die ca DinA5 ist (50er Pack) - die Maße scheinen amerikanisch zu sein, aber das stört mich nicht besonders. Ich verwende das Papier für kleine Bilder oder auch als Papier um Farben zu testen, etc., damit ich nicht das ganz teuere dafür "verschwende" Ich würde sagen es ist nicht die gleiche Qualität wie z.B. Arches, aber ganz nah dran.
Aria
Reviewed in Spain on November 10, 2019
Este papel es bastante bueno. Es 100% algodón y tiene una textura realmente buena (asegúrese de pintar en el lado derecho, uno de los lados tiene una textura más rugosa que es el lado correcto y el otro tiene una textura más suave). Tiene 300GSM, por lo que no se dobla demasiado al aplicar lavados, pero recomiendo estirar el papel con cinta adhesiva si desea aplicar lavados más pesados.El único inconveniente es que el papel no es muy bueno para levantar, básicamente cualquier acuarela que use, incluso si no mancha, se manchará y no se levantará tanto.Creo que este papel es un buen papel de práctica de algodón de textura, realmente se parece a la sensación de papeles más caros como Arches, pero a un precio mucho más asequible. Si desea un papel de calidad relativamente superior (yo diría que definitivamente tiene una mejor sensación que los papeles de acuarela de celulosa), esta es definitivamente una gran opción.Recomiendo este documento a cualquiera.
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