I'm just trying out some new watercolour paper that I bought just before Xmas. Fabriano 5 Hot Pressed 300gs I bought it to use with coloured pencils but it seems quite toothy.
It seems nice with watercolour pencils used wet but for a paper with only 50% rag content it works out no better value than 100% cotton rag. Mainly owing to the size of the sheet which is only about 2/3rds the size of a sheet of Fabriano Artistico.
Having said that I'm happy with it and its nice to use so give it a try if you can get hold of some.
It seems nice with watercolour pencils used wet but for a paper with only 50% rag content it works out no better value than 100% cotton rag. Mainly owing to the size of the sheet which is only about 2/3rds the size of a sheet of Fabriano Artistico.
Having said that I'm happy with it and its nice to use so give it a try if you can get hold of some.