I prefer hot press because I often desire the faster drying time, I typically work in layers and wet-in-damp rather than wet-in-wet when I do portraits, so I want things to dry quicker. I also find it works better with coloured pencils, which I like to use for touch ups and small details, but the texture of cold press makes it hard to get even coverage on the paper, even with a very sharp pencil.
Very interesting comparison, Anna! I do all techniques on hot press with good results. I disagree a bit that paper brand doesn't matter for high quality papers. I find a lot of differences with hot press Arches, Fabriano, Saunders Waterford and others. I tried out a handful of HP paper to find the one that suited me. That said, I do like CP too on occasion. Love your work!!
I completely agree with your analysis - I love cold pressed paper for paintings where I use a lot of wet in wet or granulating colours. For my urban art like house portraits, especially when I use ink outlines before adding watercolour (or for watercolour pencils) I prefer hot pressed paper. It’s part of the charm of watercolours to match paper and materials with a certain style or subject!
Gorgeous - not sure if you've done one before, but I think it would also be good to do a demo of student-grade cellulose-blend paper versus 100% cotton. I think a lot of beginners get discouraged and think they're terrible at watercolor because they try to follow techniques being demonstrated on 100% cotton paper on student-grade paper. I like both kinds of watercolor paper. I enjoy cold press for my more detailed, intentional paintings as I use wet-in-wet a LOT. I like hot press as my travel sketchbook paper because it handles ink and graphite well, and water-soluble media well (like watercolor colored pencils, Caran d'Ache Neocolor II pastels, etc.) Basically it supports whatever medium I'm in the mood for while I'm out and about. Sometimes I just want to draw in ink, but sometimes I want to add wet washes to what I'm working on, and 100% cotton hot press paper supports a variety of mediums very well. Of course you can draw in ink and graphite on cold press paper, too, but the heavy tooth/texture of the paper tends to make ink and graphite look extremely sketchy - not smooth at all.
Why bother? Cellulose paper is far inferior to cotton. Better to watch for sales and save your money to buy good paper. My philosophy is that I don't want to waste my time using inferior materials. It just results in frustration and disappointment.
@@kathleenstoin671 it’s an opportunity to educate new artists unaware of the vast difference between the two. I agree 100% cotton is non-negotiable, but if you’re new you might wrongly assume cellulose blends will be fine.
I prefer cold pressed as well! I use a lot of granulating paints in my work which is much more evenly dispersed on the cold pressed texture. I also find that glazing works better for me on the CP surface! The pigment sinks in and lifts less in my experience.
Hi Anna😊 your work is beautiful 🤩. I'm in the minority by switching to hot press. The texture in cold press was always pushing the tip of the brush aside. Yes there is a learning curve when switching.😅
I agree with you, and it's very important to compare both type of papers! Well, I prefer to work on cold pressed paper, because of the wet on wet technique, and wet on dry too. I had try the hot pressed paper...and I do a landscape, and I didn't feel comfort for the artwork. But, It's good to know the different way to use them😊
Susan Harrison-Tustain is a world renowned watercolor artist, and she uses hot pressed paper almost exclusively. She has developed some amazing and yet very simple techniques for priming the paper before actually going in with the pigment, so none of the issues which people have with HP paper will happen. She demonstrates her techniques here on UA-cam as a guest on a wonderful Australian UA-cam channel called Color in Your Life, and has her own channel @The Art of Susan Harrison-Tustain. ❤
Billy Showell is a world renowned botanical artist and uses hot press in her work. She prewets the areas she will paint, which allows for a smooth application and transitions of color. Her style is very precise.
Thank you for making this video stating so well and clearly the differences between the two types of paper. I've been painting on-and-off for a couple of years and have always used cold pressed, as I was instructed. I've never used hot pressed, but now I know the difference between the two. Very helpful. Thank you!
I prefer cold press for the same reason you do. I love wet on wet techniques. I also don’t find finer detail overly difficult on cold press either and I do like to add a lot of detail to my paintings. I love your tutorials. Thank you ❤
When I started painting with watercolor, I bought a bunch of hot pressed paper because I wanted to use dip pens to add linework on top of the washes, and I found that the texture of cold pressed paper made that more challenging. As I have continued painting, however, I have found the hot pressed paper to be frustrating when I am trying to do wet on wet techniques, so I have migrated largely to cold pressed. Though I am still trying to use up my cache of hot pressed paper!
Thank you for all this valuable information - I have a hot press pad of Arches, and I had no idea of what to expect using it with watercolor. So a big thank you for what to expect while using it. The orchid flower is beautiful- it is always a pleasure to see your work .
Great information, thanks for the info and illustration. I wish I had seen this video when I went crazy buying watercolor supplies. I’m pretty new, when I decided I wanted to paint, I went to Michael’s and purchased what they had. I then heard Arches was good so went to Amazon and purchased several blocks in different sizes of you guessed it, hot press. I didn’t know that there was a difference until recently. I couldn’t understand why mine didn’t spread correctly. I kept adding more water on brush and then color wasn’t as vibrant…ugh! I I guess I should start painting landscapes with the remainder of paper🙄
Hi Anna, I’m looking forward to your next Skillshare class! I prefer cold press for watercolor but like to use hot press for gouache and colored pencils. Haven’t tried rough yet but imagine it would be nice for landscapes.
This was REALLY good information! I started painting 4 years ago and I bought hot press paper not knowing there was a cold press and a rough choice. I struggled with blending and my paintings looked tight and overworked. I subsequently learned about cold press and my painting experience was so much more fun and the end product looked better to me. I am definitely a cold press 100% cotton gal.✨
I like hot press paper, but for smaller works only. If I want to go larger, I always go with cold press paper for exactly the reason you specified (drying time). Stretching hot press paper does help with drying time a bit, but not enough for me to feel like I didn't have to scramble to finish my washes. So, I stopped using it for larger pictures. Thanks for posting this video. Both of your orchids are beautiful!
When I do use hp paper ox gall becomes valuable and it stays wet longer. I find adding some drops to my clean water helps with charging. I do prefer cp but I have both since I use the hp for other media. Thank you!😊
I am just learning water colour and started experimenting with different papers. I liked the cold press so far. I liked the finish of the hot presx but fou d it hard to work with and as i have arthritis i think i will stick with cold press. Havent tried rough yet. Thanks for the comparison, love your work.
Anna, do you ever paint bearded Iris flowers? My relative grows prize winning frilly ones. She would like me to paint them for her to hang on her wall. I don’t even know where to start with them, they are so frilly. In the botanical art class I am in, the recommendation is to use hot pressed paper. I don’t feel like I have as much control over the paint using it. But it does scan better.
I never comment, I usually just sit and grumble about how clean and vibrant and lovely your paintings look, lol. I do however have a question that NO ONE ever answers: What is the humidity in the room where you're working? I live in Sweden and it's getting wintery, and my humidity is sometimes too low to even measure with my hygrometer! Usually in winter it's 10-20% inside and I find it makes it almost impossible to paint! Like your paint behaved on the hot pressed paper on the lower petal in this video, that's how it behaves on cold pressed for me! It dries virtually as soon as the brush touches the paper! It's impossible to manipulate the pigments or do wet on wet or soft edges at all. I would LOVE if SOMEONE ever addressed this humidity thing. You never hear about what humidity it is when the person paints. I was watching an Indian woman paint the other day and her paint never dried! She messed around with it for several minutes! I'm not jealous.... *grumble* Do I need to switch to rough paper in the winter? I've never used that before... In the summer I can paint reasonably well, but the very long and very dry winter is killing me! Artistically... Anyway, you are the most amazingly wonderful artist and watching you paint always inspire me! Thank you!💜
Humidity is a real issue indeed when it comes to paper drying. In Canada, we have a fairly mild climate but there are months when I notice it more. In those cases I use Synthetic Ox gall in my water to extend the drying time. I did discuss it a few times here and on my PATREON, it’s a useful tool for extra dry working days 😊 mine is from QoR. The topic is not widely covered I agree.
I use both, but much prefer the Hot Press paper. I love getting tiny details in where I want them and cold press just won’t do that easily. I wish hot press wasn’t as thirsty as it is, but it’s a fair exchange for the detail work imo. You kept stating that cold press is more vibrant, but looking at the final results showed the opposite. Is there a reason for that? Much love and thanks for making this wonderful video!
Susan Harrison-Tustain is a world renowned watercolor artist, and she uses hot pressed paper almost exclusively. She has developed some amazing and yet very simple techniques for priming the paper before actually going in with the pigment, so none of the issues which people have with HP paper will happen. She demonstrates her techniques here on UA-cam as a guest on a wonderful Australian UA-cam channel called Color in Your Life, and has her own channel @The Art of Susan Harrison-Tustain.
Yes, I use QOR ox gall occasionally to extend the drying time… it works much better on cold pressed. On hot pressed, it doesn’t change how the pigments “sink” into the paper, the blends are not as smooth as the ones on cold pressed even with medium - just my observation 😊
Daaaamn! I already have a new sketchbook and is hot presssed. And now I know that i need and prefer more the cold one 😂 Thank you for this video. Is very usefull.
Hot pressed is fun too! 😊 My favourite sketchbook from Stillman and Birn is hot pressed - have fun with it! It’s especially perfect for ink + watercolor work because it’s so smooth 🩷
At the moment I am using Hot Pressed paper, it was uneasy at the first try but I am happy to draw and painting on it. This video is a nice experiment. Thanks 😊
I love the look of realistic florals on hot press, with a skilled painter. That painter is not me, yet. I mostly use cold press but my goal is to get skilled enough for hot press. I have reattempted hot press recently. Getting better but still a long way off.
Hot press looks better but is much more difficult to work on. The smoothness and vibrancy on hot press is unmatched but cold press is so much easier to work on. Your hot press flower looks like it was painted on glass whereas the cold press looks more textured and muted.
Great question - I use it occasionally when the air is dry. It extends the drying time on any paper but not enough on Hot pressed in my opinion to do big wet on wet transitions. But a little extra time and flexibility for sure 😊
I use hot press because I do portraits, but I am thinking maybe to use cold press to do some sailboat paintings. Do you have an opinion to help me decide?
Water control is the basic difference. I am not a fan of hot pressed paper because I can't manage the water/pigment ratio. It is a new skill set I have to learn.
Hi Anna, do you prefer cold pressed paper when painting with gouache as well? Also, if you ever used mixed media where you layer colored pencils or pens on top of paint does that affect your preference for cold pressed paper?
Bonnie - excellent question - I should have mentioned this in the video! Yes hot pressed is much better for gouache - I always use it for my decorative work due to how smooth it is 😊
Do you always use 140 lb paper, or do you also use 300 lb? Curious cause I just got a 300 lb Arches block and that doesn't buckle even a little that I've noticed so far. Seems the 140 lb block doesn't either. Is that an accurate observation? And I'm a cold press kinda person, love the washability.
Correct! I rarely have issues with 140lbs. Just from my experience / 300lbs seems like an overkill (not to mention so expensive). I did tried them and don’t see much of a difference in a block format 😊 that said for suuuuuuper watery applications and big washes it might make sense to go with 300. Try 140 just to see - it might be worth a switch 😊
As always Anna, your videos are so helpful! I can't wait to share this on my favorite watercolor blog that I follow. Thank you so much for sharing for free on UA-cam for us beginners.
I like hotpress smoothness but I wish it operated like coldpress. As usual, I admire your work and you inspire me to explore the medium and strengthen my skills. I bought several Escoda Versatil brushes and the travel set but hands down, the Reserva is the best! Is there another brand that is equal to the Reserva??? Thanks for all the help you provide us fledgling artists 🫶
I prefer hot press because I often desire the faster drying time, I typically work in layers and wet-in-damp rather than wet-in-wet when I do portraits, so I want things to dry quicker. I also find it works better with coloured pencils, which I like to use for touch ups and small details, but the texture of cold press makes it hard to get even coverage on the paper, even with a very sharp pencil.
Very interesting comparison, Anna! I do all techniques on hot press with good results. I disagree a bit that paper brand doesn't matter for high quality papers. I find a lot of differences with hot press Arches, Fabriano, Saunders Waterford and others. I tried out a handful of HP paper to find the one that suited me. That said, I do like CP too on occasion. Love your work!!
I completely agree with your analysis - I love cold pressed paper for paintings where I use a lot of wet in wet or granulating colours. For my urban art like house portraits, especially when I use ink outlines before adding watercolour (or for watercolour pencils) I prefer hot pressed paper. It’s part of the charm of watercolours to match paper and materials with a certain style or subject!
Gorgeous - not sure if you've done one before, but I think it would also be good to do a demo of student-grade cellulose-blend paper versus 100% cotton. I think a lot of beginners get discouraged and think they're terrible at watercolor because they try to follow techniques being demonstrated on 100% cotton paper on student-grade paper.
I like both kinds of watercolor paper. I enjoy cold press for my more detailed, intentional paintings as I use wet-in-wet a LOT. I like hot press as my travel sketchbook paper because it handles ink and graphite well, and water-soluble media well (like watercolor colored pencils, Caran d'Ache Neocolor II pastels, etc.) Basically it supports whatever medium I'm in the mood for while I'm out and about. Sometimes I just want to draw in ink, but sometimes I want to add wet washes to what I'm working on, and 100% cotton hot press paper supports a variety of mediums very well.
Of course you can draw in ink and graphite on cold press paper, too, but the heavy tooth/texture of the paper tends to make ink and graphite look extremely sketchy - not smooth at all.
agree, would be interesting to compare cellulose vs cotton.
Why bother? Cellulose paper is far inferior to cotton. Better to watch for sales and save your money to buy good paper. My philosophy is that I don't want to waste my time using inferior materials. It just results in frustration and disappointment.
@@kathleenstoin671 it’s an opportunity to educate new artists unaware of the vast difference between the two. I agree 100% cotton is non-negotiable, but if you’re new you might wrongly assume cellulose blends will be fine.
@@kellyro77 In that case, I'm sure your video will be very helpful.
I prefer cold pressed as well! I use a lot of granulating paints in my work which is much more evenly dispersed on the cold pressed texture. I also find that glazing works better for me on the CP surface! The pigment sinks in and lifts less in my experience.
I love hot press, because i love botanical art, detailed. To me the colors are more vibrant in hot press paper.
Hi Anna😊 your work is beautiful 🤩. I'm in the minority by switching to hot press. The texture in cold press was always pushing the tip of the brush aside. Yes there is a learning curve when switching.😅
I agree with you, and it's very important to compare both type of papers! Well, I prefer to work on cold pressed paper, because of the wet on wet technique, and wet on dry too. I had try the hot pressed paper...and I do a landscape, and I didn't feel comfort for the artwork. But, It's good to know the different way to use them😊
Susan Harrison-Tustain is a world renowned watercolor artist, and she uses hot pressed paper almost exclusively. She has developed some amazing and yet very simple techniques for priming the paper before actually going in with the pigment, so none of the issues which people have with HP paper will happen. She demonstrates her techniques here on UA-cam as a guest on a wonderful Australian UA-cam channel called Color in Your Life, and has her own channel @The Art of Susan Harrison-Tustain. ❤
Thank you for sharing I will check it out!
Billy Showell is a world renowned botanical artist and uses hot press in her work. She prewets the areas she will paint, which allows for a smooth application and transitions of color. Her style is very precise.
Very informative and I loved the side by side comparison ♥️
Thank you for making this video stating so well and clearly the differences between the two types of paper. I've been painting on-and-off for a couple of years and have always used cold pressed, as I was instructed. I've never used hot pressed, but now I know the difference between the two. Very helpful. Thank you!
This has explained so much to me, as a beginner. Thank you so much. I have been using hot pressed but will be trying cold pressed now.
I prefer cold press for the same reason you do. I love wet on wet techniques. I also don’t find finer detail overly difficult on cold press either and I do like to add a lot of detail to my paintings. I love your tutorials. Thank you ❤
When I started painting with watercolor, I bought a bunch of hot pressed paper because I wanted to use dip pens to add linework on top of the washes, and I found that the texture of cold pressed paper made that more challenging. As I have continued painting, however, I have found the hot pressed paper to be frustrating when I am trying to do wet on wet techniques, so I have migrated largely to cold pressed. Though I am still trying to use up my cache of hot pressed paper!
How about adding a watercolor medium that extend the drying time? Have you tried that?
Thank you, I'm impressed by learning more about watercolour paper
Thank you for all this valuable information - I have a hot press pad of Arches, and I had no idea of what to expect using it with watercolor. So a big thank you for what to expect while using it. The orchid flower is beautiful- it is always a pleasure to see your work .
Great information, thanks for the info and illustration. I wish I had seen this video when I went crazy buying watercolor supplies. I’m pretty new, when I decided I wanted to paint, I went to Michael’s and purchased what they had. I then heard Arches was good so went to Amazon and purchased several blocks in different sizes of you guessed it, hot press. I didn’t know that there was a difference until recently. I couldn’t understand why mine didn’t spread correctly. I kept adding more water on brush and then color wasn’t as vibrant…ugh! I I guess I should start painting landscapes with the remainder of paper🙄
Hi Anna, I’m looking forward to your next Skillshare class! I prefer cold press for watercolor but like to use hot press for gouache and colored pencils. Haven’t tried rough yet but imagine it would be nice for landscapes.
I use both but your discussion has helped me understand why I have problems with one or the other for certain projects ❣️
Thank you Wendy! 😊
I would like to try hot press again. But cold press will always be my favorite. 😊
Thank you so much !! Very helpful !!
This was REALLY good information! I started painting 4 years ago and I bought hot press paper not knowing there was a cold press and a rough choice. I struggled with blending and my paintings looked tight and overworked. I subsequently learned about cold press and my painting experience was so much more fun and the end product looked better to me. I am definitely a cold press 100% cotton gal.✨
I like hot press paper, but for smaller works only. If I want to go larger, I always go with cold press paper for exactly the reason you specified (drying time).
Stretching hot press paper does help with drying time a bit, but not enough for me to feel like I didn't have to scramble to finish my washes. So, I stopped using it for larger pictures.
Thanks for posting this video. Both of your orchids are beautiful!
When I do use hp paper ox gall becomes valuable and it stays wet longer. I find adding some drops to my clean water helps with charging. I do prefer cp but I have both since I use the hp for other media. Thank you!😊
I am very much impressed
Your presentation ❤
Thanks a lot
Your Artworks are Mind Blowing❤🎉
Thank you so much 😀
I am just learning water colour and started experimenting with different papers. I liked the cold press so far. I liked the finish of the hot presx but fou d it hard to work with and as i have arthritis i think i will stick with cold press. Havent tried rough yet. Thanks for the comparison, love your work.
Anna, do you ever paint bearded Iris flowers? My relative grows prize winning frilly ones. She would like me to paint them for her to hang on her wall. I don’t even know where to start with them, they are so frilly.
In the botanical art class I am in, the recommendation is to use hot pressed paper. I don’t feel like I have as much control over the paint using it. But it does scan better.
O love your tutorials!! Can you please make a tutorial on Virgin Mary ?
I love cold pressed the best!
I prefer Saunders HP for botanical but CP is good for landscapes.
I never comment, I usually just sit and grumble about how clean and vibrant and lovely your paintings look, lol.
I do however have a question that NO ONE ever answers: What is the humidity in the room where you're working?
I live in Sweden and it's getting wintery, and my humidity is sometimes too low to even measure with my hygrometer!
Usually in winter it's 10-20% inside and I find it makes it almost impossible to paint!
Like your paint behaved on the hot pressed paper on the lower petal in this video, that's how it behaves on cold pressed for me!
It dries virtually as soon as the brush touches the paper! It's impossible to manipulate the pigments or do wet on wet or soft edges at all.
I would LOVE if SOMEONE ever addressed this humidity thing. You never hear about what humidity it is when the person paints. I was watching an Indian woman paint the other day and her paint never dried! She messed around with it for several minutes!
I'm not jealous.... *grumble*
Do I need to switch to rough paper in the winter? I've never used that before...
In the summer I can paint reasonably well, but the very long and very dry winter is killing me! Artistically...
Anyway, you are the most amazingly wonderful artist and watching you paint always inspire me! Thank you!💜
Humidity is a real issue indeed when it comes to paper drying. In Canada, we have a fairly mild climate but there are months when I notice it more. In those cases I use Synthetic Ox gall in my water to extend the drying time. I did discuss it a few times here and on my PATREON, it’s a useful tool for extra dry working days 😊 mine is from QoR. The topic is not widely covered I agree.
I use both, but much prefer the Hot Press paper. I love getting tiny details in where I want them and cold press just won’t do that easily. I wish hot press wasn’t as thirsty as it is, but it’s a fair exchange for the detail work imo.
You kept stating that cold press is more vibrant, but looking at the final results showed the opposite. Is there a reason for that?
Much love and thanks for making this wonderful video!
Susan Harrison-Tustain is a world renowned watercolor artist, and she uses hot pressed paper almost exclusively. She has developed some amazing and yet very simple techniques for priming the paper before actually going in with the pigment, so none of the issues which people have with HP paper will happen. She demonstrates her techniques here on UA-cam as a guest on a wonderful Australian UA-cam channel called Color in Your Life, and has her own channel @The Art of Susan Harrison-Tustain.
@@alekxx3397 Thanks!
If it possible to keep Hot Pressed paper wet longer by using watercolour media, say QOR, Cold Press is still better?
Yes, I use QOR ox gall occasionally to extend the drying time… it works much better on cold pressed. On hot pressed, it doesn’t change how the pigments “sink” into the paper, the blends are not as smooth as the ones on cold pressed even with medium - just my observation 😊
Daaaamn! I already have a new sketchbook and is hot presssed. And now I know that i need and prefer more the cold one 😂
Thank you for this video. Is very usefull.
Hot pressed is fun too! 😊 My favourite sketchbook from Stillman and Birn is hot pressed - have fun with it! It’s especially perfect for ink + watercolor work because it’s so smooth 🩷
I prefer hot press as I prefer the smooth finish as it also works well with ink.
Definitely - for ink its Hot pressed all the way!
I much prefer cold press for all the reasons you list.
Fabriano Artistico Soft Press is another option that falls between hot and cold press paper.
At the moment I am using Hot Pressed paper, it was uneasy at the first try but I am happy to draw and painting on it. This video is a nice experiment. Thanks 😊
Thank you! 😊
I love the look of realistic florals on hot press, with a skilled painter. That painter is not me, yet. I mostly use cold press but my goal is to get skilled enough for hot press. I have reattempted hot press recently. Getting better but still a long way off.
I prefer hot press in art where i will add elements with a dark fine pen, the smoothness work better. But love cold press for more textured paintings.
Hot press looks better but is much more difficult to work on. The smoothness and vibrancy on hot press is unmatched but cold press is so much easier to work on. Your hot press flower looks like it was painted on glass whereas the cold press looks more textured and muted.
Would adding ox gall (real or synthetic) to the brush water help, or would it have an effect on the finish in that style of painting? .
Great question - I use it occasionally when the air is dry. It extends the drying time on any paper but not enough on Hot pressed in my opinion to do big wet on wet transitions. But a little extra time and flexibility for sure 😊
I use hot press because I do portraits, but I am thinking maybe to use cold press to do some sailboat paintings. Do you have an opinion to help me decide?
I would definitely try cold pressed - it’s better for water / wave effects (in my humble opinion of course 😊)
@AnnaBucciarelli Thanks Anna and your opinion does matter.
Could you please paint a toucan?
Love your paintings❤❤
On my to do list 😊
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Water control is the basic difference. I am not a fan of hot pressed paper because I can't manage the water/pigment ratio. It is a new skill set I have to learn.
Cold CB press is a texture I’m not yet comfortable with it yet. What do you use for portraits?
Only cold pressed - I have a few portrait tutorials on this channel showing how it works 😊
Hi Anna, do you prefer cold pressed paper when painting with gouache as well? Also, if you ever used mixed media where you layer colored pencils or pens on top of paint does that affect your preference for cold pressed paper?
Bonnie - excellent question - I should have mentioned this in the video! Yes hot pressed is much better for gouache - I always use it for my decorative work due to how smooth it is 😊
Thank you, Anna!
Do you always use 140 lb paper, or do you also use 300 lb? Curious cause I just got a 300 lb Arches block and that doesn't buckle even a little that I've noticed so far. Seems the 140 lb block doesn't either. Is that an accurate observation? And I'm a cold press kinda person, love the washability.
Correct! I rarely have issues with 140lbs. Just from my experience / 300lbs seems like an overkill (not to mention so expensive). I did tried them and don’t see much of a difference in a block format 😊 that said for suuuuuuper watery applications and big washes it might make sense to go with 300. Try 140 just to see - it might be worth a switch 😊
Team cold press forevs💜
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Under portrait? I love faces…
interesting
Maybe there should be a “warm press” happy medium paper 😅
😅💜 absolutely I agree!!!!!
Another great video. Like most of your followers I prefer hot pressed but every once in a while hot pressed is just the ticket :)
As always Anna, your videos are so helpful! I can't wait to share this on my favorite watercolor blog that I follow. Thank you so much for sharing for free on UA-cam for us beginners.
Thank you Dottie!!! 💕😊
I like hotpress smoothness but I wish it operated like coldpress.
As usual, I admire your work and you inspire me to explore the medium and strengthen my skills.
I bought several Escoda Versatil brushes and the travel set but hands down, the Reserva is the best!
Is there another brand that is equal to the Reserva???
Thanks for all the help you provide us fledgling artists 🫶