CANSON XL Watercolour 300gsm A5 Paper, Cold Pressed, Spiral Pad Short Side, 20 White Sheets, For Professional Artists

I love this paper, which doesn't absorb too much water from the paint. Results in a very controllable process.

I LOVE these sketchbooks and papers from Cansen , I followed others advice and tries this brand for both my watercolour and mixes media work and it's brilliant paper. Never a single burr or tear or anything that was disturb your paint etc. It's always a good price and always takes whatever I throw at it, which is a LOT!! Highly recommend. And tried many of the Cansen papets now and all have been good. The texture is just right as well. A tad toothy but not too much. Perfect.

This watercolour paper works very well for me in A5 sizeFull A5 painting area lets me work wet on wet loose style with very little paper buckeling.With 20 sheets a pad that’s plenty for a weeks holiday and the cheaper price is a bonusMy Cotman and Bockingford are preferable but I will take this when travelling.Good product.

As a full time artist finding affordable paper to practice on and not get upset at wasting a page if it goes wrong is very important. This paper even though its not cotton is really very good, it has a good amount of absorbency, it does not warp easily and can handle a good amount of wet on wet. The downside to this paper is that when the colors dry it lightens it with a slightly ashy look to it, also that whenever you put paint to the paper it dries extremely fast which is not great as it makes it hard to work with. However I still love this paper as it is excellent value for what you get and I am on my 5th pad now.

This is very inexpensive cellulose watercolour paper that was bought out of curiosity. I believe anything this cheap could be useful to students, beginners and for any painter wanting to experiment with sketching, mark-making, colour-mixing and swatching without breaking the bank. ( I think nothing inhibits creativity more than the pressure not to "spoil" an expensive sheet of paper.)I have tried many kinds and this is one of the better ones. Although it says cold-pressed it would be better described as matte since it far less textured than the usual CP. This makes it easy to get down a clean ink or pencil line. It is hard sized so copes with erasing but ink takes a while to dry. It copes with wet washes well without distorting and line and wash comes out well. The downside is that it is a cream colour which mutes colour intensity and, whilst the whole pad is A4, each removed sheet is rather smaller.In common with all cheap cellulose papers it doesn't do well with glazing, lifting or wet in wet techniques and will overwork easily. It obviously does not compare with rag paper but I liked the surface and sizing. I think that everyone who paints might find this pad useful for the play and experimentation one needs to do to hone ones skill.

Found paper that works for me. I Love it Thank youNice watercolour paper for effects, also takes off paint after even quite a long time of drying. I am very pleased and will buy this paper again.

Can not fault anything. Great textures, quality, hardness. The teared perforations are a massive bonus

Great quality and value for money