Canson Watercolor Textured Charcoal 100510941 Reviews Summary

Paper Quality

Pros:

• "The paper is thick enough that it doesn’t leak thru and the paper absorbs the colors really nicely without running into other colors."
• "The paper is strong and sturdy and keeps the paint color looking bright and vibrant."
• "This paper has been incredible! Perfect for beginners or more advanced."
• "Very good watercolor papers! Very sturdy, and good color absorption."
• "The paper quality is excellent, providing a smooth surface for their paintings, and the thickness is just right, ensuring durability without being too bulky."
• "The paper is really nice and thick, great for absorbing water and can handle lots of layering."
• "Its thickness prevents watercolor paints from soaking through, ensuring vibrant results."

Cons:

• "The corners on mine are squished, one bad enough to where the pages inside are damaged."
• "You cannot flatten the pages by stacking something heavy on them, they remained warped. Unsatisfied!"
• "The paper is curled and don’t lay flat."
• "The paper also tends to buckle."
• "The paper is not absorbent enough for watercolor and it bends and warps as you draw even if you’re not using a lot of water."
• "Still, it does curl a bit after wet."
• "It does not handle water well, even taped down with the lightest washes it will buckle, bubble, and with the slightest scrubbing it tears."

Usability

Pros:

• "I find the 9x12, is the perfect size for travel, and holds up better than the larger sizes."
• "This watercolor paper suits my purposes just fine."
• "You can use directly off the pad or you can tear the sheets needed off nicely to soak in water to help with stretching."
• "For a crazy cheap price for a lot of sheets of paper, this stuff held up really well even when I soaked it and painted over the same parts of the paper repeatedly."
• "This product is really good with watercolors it doesn’t warp and is very thick."
• "The surface is smooth enough that it doesn’t catch the nibs while still having some texture to it."
• "Great low-priced option for beginners and experimenters."

Cons:

• "Watercolor sits on top of the paper, each brush stroke showing separate from the first."
• "With some staining colors like pthalo blue; they are very hard to lift off the paper."
• "It just doesn't really absorb water well. It also gives blotchy results."
• "The new notebook arrived completely detached from the binding."
• "The pages tend to peal away easily from the rest, and it's kinda frustrating for people like me who want to keep it all in the same book."
• "This is not AT ALL made for wet on wet technique."
• "I CANNOT do tons of watercolor techniques on this paper."

Value for Money

Pros:

• "Is cheap if you are looking to practice and don't want to spend in really expensive quality paper."
• "This is a great price, so you can really explore watercolor painting by painting LOTS!! It's a great thickness, you don't need to stretch it."
• "Because this paper is inexpensive I can make art nearly every day without feeling like I am spending tons of money."
• "Good for beginners though because you won't feel like you're wasting it when you mess up."
• "Its such a great price, in the stores they are asking for 10 to 12 for a packet, rather support my seller here on Amazon."
• "The ratio price/quality is really good."
• "This is most especially great for beginners."

Cons:

• "The price on this product fluctuates quite a bit."
• "Don't buy it if you think on doing something important with it, like sell the work, or a present because it does not look pro."
• "I recommend this for small projects only, sketches just because simply there are better quality papers for watercolor."
• "Good size but a little expensive."
• "The product picture clearly states 2 pack, however when I ordered two 2 packs based on the picture I only received two pads of the paper."
• "THEN this ad is ‘bait and switch’ which is illegal. It clearly shows 2 pads for $11.99. You only get one."
• "For such expensive paper, they should have packaged it better than in an envelope."