Arches Watercolor Block 300gsm Hot Pressed- 10x 25cm, Wood White 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. Today Arches is the only French paper mill still producing fine art and printing papers on a cylinder mould. Making paper using a cylinder mould produces very high-quality papers similar to handmade paper. Each sheets of Arches watercolor is 100% of cotton, providing exceptional durability and superior absorbency. Arches is strong enough to handle multiple washes of color, masking fluid, scrubbing and artist tape without damage to the surface. The 300gsm weight ensures stability without wraping, even when using multiple washes. The particular block features a hot pressed surface which is extremely smooth. It ideal for fine detail, botanical illustration, pen & ink, and smooth watercolor washes and watercolor blending. the surface is smooth, with almost no visible tooth, which allows precise brush strokes, controlled blending and crisp pen lines. Its resistant to tearing, erasing, scratching and scrubbing. Its color is wood white a soft, slightly warm natural tone. "Wood White" is simply the shade of the paper ,not wood-based material. Contains one block with 20 sheets, 300 GSM
