Faber-Castell A4 Watercolour Pad

Good quality paper, great value for money, easy to use, really absorbant watercolour paper pad. The size is ideal for small paintings by both adults and children

Now I have to start by saying that I am an extreme novice at painting of any kind so was really happy to find this low cost paper marketed for children. This paper doesn't absorb the water too fast, and allows me to blend paint on the page. It hasn't become bitty or shred as of yet. HOWEVER, I really do have to stress that I am extremely novice at this I've never used any other paper, paints or brushes. I'm aware that I may not be using enough water for blending and this may be why my paper is holding up. I've taken a skillshare class today but at no point did they say how much water I'm supposed to be using 🤷‍♀️ I'll endeavour to experiment with this obviously.

The media could not be loaded. I’ve come to realise that’s I need a higher mg grade of paper for my watercolour paintings. Although I’ve produced some lovely art in this book, with being a beginner, I’ve used to much water as I’ve painted and the paper grade just couldn’t hold the water very well.This results in the paper drying and raising in places where the waters sat. I think this grade is better for pencil drawing and light watercolours maybe with watercolour pencils.The paper is lovely and smooth and easy to work with it just wasn’t the right grade for my style of painting …lots of layering of water and details.I’d buy this brand again just a higher mg 300-350mg so that I can have my paintings dry flat not bumpy.

Gifted, great, very happy

Exactly as described and arrived on the same day as ordered as requested!

Smooth paper, perfect for all my painting amd drawing.

Great for watercolour

I purchased this pad with some watercolour pencils as a first attempt at drawing/painting to try and help with mental health.I have never attempted anything with watercolours and tbh I have never really put any time into drawing or art.Only having purchased a cheap set of pencils I can't comment on how the pad would perform with higher quality pencils but I found the paper a little light weight once you add water.I didn't notice the weights of watercolour papers previously but this pad is only 140g/M2 where as I see lots recommending nothing less than 300g/M2 for watercolour painting so it's probably not ideal.For me being a total beginner it's given me plenty of paper to practice with and find out if it's something I will continue with before spending lots more for better quality paper which appears to be quiet expensive in comparison to this pad on offer at £5.All in all I'm happy with the pad but you may be disappointed if you're experience with better quality paper.If you just want something to practice with as a beginner then for me it was a cheap way to try some water colour pencils and see if it's worth pursuing further.As I said I'm a total beginner and have never really drawn or painted anything but I will include my first attempt so you can see what a beginner and some cheap pencils produced. I will in future tape my paper down to try and keep it flatter though I believe you can also spray the back of the paper and weight it down to flatten it again.All in all I feel it's ok to practice with rather than wasting lots of more expensive paper when I haven't really a clue what I'm doing.