Hot press is happier with Gouache of heavier pigment loads with Watercolor paints! Hot Press does not do washes as well as Cold Press, so if you want to have colorful washes, go for Cold Press as it absorbs water better and stuffs it into the tooth. Illustrators use Hot Press for pen drawing, because the pen does not get caught in the Tooth, and the rapidograph jeweled tip pens glide over it like a skate on ice! Blooming is a bad habit for Hot Press, where as blending and softening edges is best accomplished on Cold Press! I retired as a Computer Illustrator from BOEING back in 1998! But I have an AA in art and a BSEd from Idaho State U. with Minors in Art, Humanities, and General Science!
While HP doesn't bloom as good as CP, it's actually better at softening edges BECAUSE it doesn't bleed. You can literally go in with your brush after you've put down a layer & you won't have to worry about messing up the layer underneath. It's important to know that the techniques used for CP aren't going to be the same as techniques needed for HP. You have to know your supplies in order to understand how to best benefit from each of them. I find that HP needs to be worked in sections and tends to absorb color better once you've primed the area that you're painting with water first. This opens up the paper fibers and allows paint to settle in much easier than painting on dry. Learning the different techniques between each paper will allow for a more rewarding experience. Otherwise, people get frustrated & quit watercolor before they've given it a chance.
I started as a beginner on hot pressed paper because I was painting botanicals. I prefer it to cold press because the colors are brighter and because you can work with your glazes much longer. Great video.
I am going to get some now. I am 74 yrs. old and I was a textile designer back in the late 60's-early 70's in New York where I grew up. In those days we hand painted on paper not digitally as they do now. I loved it!!! My favorite paper to paint on was called waxed rice paper - it was masa rice paper which was impregnated with wax. It had a smooth side and a side with more tooth and we had those options. You used Luma dyes with a bit of dish soap to make them stick or gouache. It was so wonderful because you could see through it and trace with your paint or dyes over anything and it took the paint beautifully. It was also very easy to correct mistakes by using an exacto to cut it out over another piece of paper and then tape it from behind an presto!... you could do it over. Now have I searched and searched the internet and find no reference to it whatsoever, except for a snapshot of a book page on Google books. Too bad that it has been disappeared as it is so wonderful. I am going to try and make some myself as I do encaustic and I have tons of beeswax. I will order some masa rice paper and keep you guys updated on how it goes. Meanwhile, I will try some hot pressed paper. (We used to use something similar but I can't remember the name of it now.)You could not see through it if course. I have been wanting to do some designs for print but everything has changed now and it seems that you need to do it all digitally. I would still like to hand paint and then scan in and do the repeat digitally though. But I wanted to try the wonderful waxed rice paper we used to use back in the day.
Sounds like we should hang out and paint. I'm even ready to make my own paper. I love to explore new ways to paint. from paper to large pieces of furniture using chalk paint, but I find using watercolors is easier on my back lol Happy Painting. I would have loved seeing your beautiful artwork way back, I grew up in central Florida where Mickey and Minnie had just come to town. Still, for youngsters, it was quite fascinating!
I was a fountain pen enthusiast before I started my watercolor journey, and I first painted on tomoe rive and clairecfontaine paper. The way cheap cold press paper pills up when it's overworked drove me nuts, so discovering hot press paper has made me fall in love with this medium in a whole new way! Thanks for this helpful and informative video!
AHH I always have done watercolor on cold press and wondered why it didn't come out smoother! This is super helpful and now I understand why my watercolor turns out a bit more splotchy
The first time using hot pressed paper, im not very impressed by it. For me it's too smooth, because I'm so used to painting on cold pressed. But now I want to sell my art print (so I have to scan my painting), using cold pressed paper will give textured result. whereas using hot pressed wont give textured result. But I'm scared if I can't paint well on hot pressed. It frustrates me
My recommendation is paint on cold press paper. If you are more comfortable with it your best work will come out on it. I like both Hot and Cold press depending on what I am trying to achieve in the painting. As for scanning your work, if you can - I recommend getting a nice point in shoot camera (Or at least try borrowing one) and learning how to use manual mode. I couldn't make prints of my art without my point and shoot. By setting the camera to it's brightest setting and using a tripod to steady it - I can achieve my desired look for my prints without the bumpy texture. (I will say though -some of my paintings I have to paint darker to make sure the camera can pick up details.) I hope that helps. Yeah, it is really frustrating and I was in your boat almost ayer ago. So I completely understand.
Thank you for your informative and beautiful videos! I love both kind of papers. If I do something more detailed I prefer Hot pressed paper. But when it comes to wet-in-wet techniques like landscapes etc then Cold pressed is the much better choice in my opinion. You can just do more wet layers.
Loved this video!! I have only painted on cold pressed paper since it is the most widely available, but this video makes me want to try hot press paper!!
This was so helpful! I've been wondering about the differences of the cold and hot pressed paper, but it always slipped my mind to actually look into it! Thanks so much for doing the research on this! ^_^
I've used gouache on hot-pressed and it does look thicker/more saturated to me, but can also be reactivated easier with moisture since it absorbs differently and kind of sits on the paper more. I find cold-pressed to be better for regular watercolor rather than gouache. It does tend to buckle though if painted on once removed from the block, so keep that in mind. Hot-pressed is stiffer like a board.
Thank you for the video. I am a beginner painting with watercolour. I hate the coldpressed paper. I want to try the hotpressed paper after watching this!🥰
I really love your video's! They are not only very informative, but also so well edited and I can tell you really put a lot of time in them. Keep up the good work! You are an inspiration :) Oh and I never really knew the difference between hot and coldpressed paper, but I am really excited about the hot pressed! I always thought that all water color paper was bumby! Stupid me ^^
+Jojan So glad you love the videos and yeah I thought all watercolor paper was the same until I someone asked me what I thought abut hot press a couple of months ago. I started doing some digging and discovered ALOT :) So your not alone in your thought process :D
I enjoyed this. It would be interesting to do a high resolution scan of the two versions, and zoom into them so that we can see the differences in detail. It's hard to see the differences in this video. I could be missing something very obvious, though. Thank you.
Your voice is so relaxing which is nice to listen to and your videos are so informational! Your vids really help me out since I'm a beginner in water color
I thought I was all about the bumps until I saw this comparison. I really like the idea of having more time to move the paint around. I'm saving up to buy Arches by the roll because I find it just too cost prohibitive to keep spending so much on those little pads unless I have a Michaels coupon. They don't get those coupons out to me fast enough though. hee hee Now I'm not sure which type I should save up for first. Darn you!! I guess I could always get the texture some other way say, salt or cling film or spatter. I think I've answered my own questions with my ramblings. Thanks lady friend. :)
Susan Hamilton You're crazy to spend money at Michaels. Just buy from dickblick's website or amazon. Free shipping and Arches is literally 40-50% cheaper than michaels. They're basically robbing people with those prices. I barely buy anything in store anymore.
Michaels is for the desperate, like if you REALLY need a new set of pens or paint colour right then and there. I've found very few things for cheaper than online (sakura micron brush pens for example) Getting robbed is a great way to put it. I hate that people are getting price-gouged so hard just because they don't know better.
Your voice is so soothing, I can almost play ur videos to put myself to sleep lol. Perhaps u could be a narrator for kids book on YT. Just a suggestion
I was so excited to try hot press paper when I finally got my hands on it. I love the smooth texture for incorporating colored pencil without the extra texture. Lately though I've been going back to cold press for the slight roughness. Just depends on my project.
Loved this video! So well done, informative, and beautifully presented. A video from you is always a treat and much looked forward to. I use hot pressed paper because my drawings tend to be detailed with thick and thin lines really being extremely important features. I find that the bumpiness of the cold pressed swallow up and distort the lines of my drawings. Very frustrating. I like that the paints sits longer on the hot pressed paper to allow more time to play with the paint and I really don't mind that it takes longer to dry. I use it as an opportunity get up and stretch my legs for a bit .Thanks for this wonderful video! :) Kate
a great video and I now finally know the difference between hot and cold pressed papers and I like the way you describe the best way to remember it :) than you
As a full time professional artist and Bookbinder, I use ALOT of watercolor paper... for both Artwork and Binding. I only buy and use 100% cotton watercolor papers, and my absolute favorite is Saunders Waterford. I buy most of my watercolor paper in rolls, and in bulk orders of imperial sheets if rolls are not available for a specific brand, type or weight. I have noticed with Arches brand only, their hot press paper has changed in the past 2 years, and DRASTICALLY!!! Some of their 300gsm hot press will have big spots that resist paint and water. But for the most part, their hot press is very absorbent at 1st, it dries extremely fast! I have to put alot of coats of water on it, to get it to stay wet... their hot press almost acts like a sponge at 1st! Then when you are doing light washes, the paper looks like it is pilling up... it gets this very sloppy look to it, and it dries so fast! Their hot press literally dries 5 times faster, than their cold press paper! As soon as you lay a brush stroke down, it almost dries right up if you don't have your brush fully soaked with water! And light layers, and certain pigments look EXTREMELY washed out. I can not stand Arches hot press at all, I down right despise the stuff lol. Now Saunders Waterford hot press on the other hand, handles exactly how you described in this video. I get alot of people telling me how upset and displeased they are with Arches, and the messiness that goes on with their hot press papers. I do love their hot press for pen and ink work on the other hand, because it is much more absorbent and dries faster than other brands. God knows I've got plenty of it, multiple rolls and tons of imperial sheets in different weights... I only buy it, because that's what people ask for in the goatskin Hardbound watercolor sketchbooks I make for their orders. Figured I'd throw my opinion in the bucket lol. Have a good one
In my opinion, cold pressed gives a somehow uniform texture, but that texture is in the paper, cause pigment gathers and "sit" on the lower parts of that texture. in the other hand I think hot pressed allows a more random and organic texture, cause pigment moves way more freely, and to me that adds an unpredictable and more interesting effect. pigment will stay where it was at the moment water started to dry, once applied of course. great vid!!
I really enjoyed your video, now I can possible to compare both cold and hot pressed paper differences and going to buy cold one shortly after this - thanks for share it with us. .. Keep on work! Jason Sentuf
I use a 100% cotton hot press for graphite drawings. It's superb for that particular use. Fabriano is my favorite hot press paper. For a more economical drawing paper, their "Studio" line of 25% cotton is also an excellent choice. Since I also paint, it works well for me.
They both look near identical in the illustrations, so I'm still confused! I'd have loved to have seen washes on them, say in 6 boxes with wet on wet, wet on dry, flat wash, dry brush, etc, showing all those differences.
Wow thank you I only New about grain fin for being smooth i though i knew I bought very very expensive cotton paper, i thought i knew, what i m doing and i was sooooo disappointed. Thanks to you now I know that all the things that made me so sad are actually characteristics if not advantages of cold pressed paper... though I still don't know what to make out of it
I have issues with Arches Hot Press pilling as well as tearing when I remove tape. I bought several pads to complete Anna Mason tutorials and I really really hate it, especially because of the pilling. I think paintings look more alive and interesting on cold press because the texture adds to the depth. I also like how watercolor flows on cold press much better than hot press. Even in your final products I think the cold press looks brighter and more lively compared to the hot press which looks flatter and duller.
I always like the idea of Hot Press and hated the texture of Cold Press. But now I think I can see the good in the texture of the former. It holds the water in place giving you more control over it than the hot, which blends together a lot more. It offers less control over line work, as the texture gets in the way of your perfect lines when using pencil or even pen.
This is such a tricky subject. With the differences in brand, and weight, I think you did very well. I like a very heavy, very rough, arches cold press, but my favorite parts of watercolor are often the blooms, and mixes that happen naturally in all those bumps. I think I will try some more controlled stuff with a little hot press... how about additives, or mediums? I know you use mask, but what about all the other mysterious bottles on the art store shelf?
+Deez Nuts Good eyes :D I do have other mediums but rarely use additives other than the masking fluid. I've found for my painting style, I like the more simplistic. I may change my mind someday...but for now I don't use any mediums or additives :)
I find that the Arches hot pressed paper, because it's not sized, is too absorbent and lets the watercolor sink in. Not good for lifting color. I think it's more suitable for gouache (opaque) paint. Also, I've found that there is less sizing on the cold pressed pads than there is on the loose sheets. I just got a roll of Arches which I haven't used yet. Will let you know.
I also had to adjust myself to Arches in general, having used Strathmore and Fabriano before. I found that Arches was inconsistent in the sizing sometimes and very absorbent, this having to use more paint but noticed that it handled lots of water well without creating blooms. I guess it just depends on use. I use hot press cotton paper for graphite works.
Which one gives you that incredible explosion of color when you first touch it with paint? It has happened a few times, but other times, it just sits there.
am I crazy, or does it seem like the cold pressed paper actually had the better colors. Fantastic video by the way!!! your skills are amazing too. thank you for this.
Hot Press is the go to paper for Botanical Watercolor Illustrators, Cold Press more for other watercolor forms including landscapes. However I always have seen videos for Hot Press and Cold Press but rarely if ever see one for the uses of Rough watercolor paper. It almost seems as though the make a readily available paper (rough) that no one ever uses. Have you used rough paper or do you know the main subject matter it is best suited to?
thank you for this informative video ^^ and since I'm quite new to watercolor I just own cold pressed paper -.- by the way what brush are you using here? which brand can you recommend judging by your experience? and for what are you going to use hot pressed paper in the future? can't imagine to use it for landscapes... I heard that hot pressed paper is a good choice if you paint with less water and cold pressed paper is therefore good for the wet-in-wet technique. I'm looking for more videos/ maybe tutorials?... can't wait for your version of a snowy forest
So happy I found your channel! I haven't really done any "proper" watercolor stuff yet but these videos are really helpful so far and you have a super pretty voice aswell! Thanks for explaining and displaying stuff so well, going through a few of your videos already
Thanks for your video - i am just wondering do you use markers eg zig clean colour real brush markers that many people watercolour with at all - i am trying to work out what paper is better for these pens to be honest i thought the cold pressed look more vibrant than the hot press and to me i couldnt see much of a difference (in the actual painting) with the "tooth" of the paper but i could see it before you started painting - one of those "in real life" things you can see it much clearer. I actually do stamping and colour in the images i do not paint or use watercolor paints as such - i do have watercolour pencils.though...but am looking into getting these pens..at some stage. I also use distress inks and they have a lot of techniques where u need to use a lot of water therefore watercolor paper/cardstock-thick is better because of the water being used with it just wondering and thanks for your help
TYVM for this helpful video. I am only a crafter but was curious about which paper best for using a Gelli Plate. So I really also need ot know about the weight of paper. I found I had some w/c paper that when dry from the acrylics was so very hard,, stiff. While the other papers I had around that were also w/c were a bit softer. Now the only thing is I do not know which weight was for which...they were just some papers i had around craft room...lol
Hi sorry but I thought how much the wet colours gets absorbed into the paper depends on the sizing of the paper instead of how bumpy the paper texture is ?
Hello, thanks for doing this video it is very helpful. I know you said that hot press creates a more vivid color that cold press but looking at your end result it looks to me like the cold press flower is more vivid. What do you think?
What about the third type of watercolour paper, rough? Personally I think hot pressed is more illustrative and cold press is more loose - things like wet in wet.
Thanks for your videos ,you help people to understand watercolor painting a lot. Do you believe that Arches is the best paper or there are others also?
cold pressed paper of this brand is so great! but if you use gouache you really need to use a lot of water, otherwise paint skips and comes out rough, took me a while to get used to it
I've avoided watercolor like the plague because I absolutely abhor the texture of cold-pressed paper. I hate the way it looks and feels. I have wanted to try out hot-pressed paper, but I believe I have to search harder at my local art stores because I have never been able to find it.
Another thing about hot press paper compared to cold press paper even with Arches Is that the hot press paper it’s not as thick and not as heavy and more flimsier.
i think i would prefer hot pressed paper but i need it in 18x24 and can only find arches that sell it that big. not only is it more expensive than cold pressed but i only get 20 sheets. my other option would be to get canson xl watercolour cold pressed. id be paying a lot less, can get it locally and get more sheets
I didn't try hot press or rough, only cold and for what i see there is a missing link here...which would be a mostly flat paper ( not as smooth as hot press) but with some little tooth ( not as rough as cold press). I see that the jump between hot and cold is too wide. Would be like having hb pencil and 4b...you need at least a 2b between those two since are too different. Not sure what manufacturers are thinking or maybe there is some manufacturing limitation I'm not aware of and making a middle of the road paper is not possible.
Hot press is happier with Gouache of heavier pigment loads with Watercolor paints! Hot Press does not do washes as well as Cold Press, so if you want to have colorful washes, go for Cold Press as it absorbs water better and stuffs it into the tooth. Illustrators use Hot Press for pen drawing, because the pen does not get caught in the Tooth, and the rapidograph jeweled tip pens glide over it like a skate on ice! Blooming is a bad habit for Hot Press, where as blending and softening edges is best accomplished on Cold Press! I retired as a Computer Illustrator from BOEING back in 1998! But I have an AA in art and a BSEd from Idaho State U. with Minors in Art, Humanities, and General Science!
digiphot2 ... agreed. I would add that cold-press also takes advantage of watercolors natural transparency better than hot-press as well.
Is it also good with gouache paint..?
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Thanks for the tip! ❤️🧡🔥🧡❤️
I was wondering if Hot-press is good for liquid watercolor and acrylic ink because I was interested in them
While HP doesn't bloom as good as CP, it's actually better at softening edges BECAUSE it doesn't bleed. You can literally go in with your brush after you've put down a layer & you won't have to worry about messing up the layer underneath. It's important to know that the techniques used for CP aren't going to be the same as techniques needed for HP. You have to know your supplies in order to understand how to best benefit from each of them. I find that HP needs to be worked in sections and tends to absorb color better once you've primed the area that you're painting with water first. This opens up the paper fibers and allows paint to settle in much easier than painting on dry. Learning the different techniques between each paper will allow for a more rewarding experience. Otherwise, people get frustrated & quit watercolor before they've given it a chance.
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I started as a beginner on hot pressed paper because I was painting botanicals. I prefer it to cold press because the colors are brighter and because you can work with your glazes much longer. Great video.
+celiarose Thanks for your comment :) I agree! I'm loving the hot press too :D
I am going to get some now.
I am 74 yrs. old and I was a textile designer back in the late 60's-early 70's in New York where I grew up. In those days we hand painted on paper not digitally as they do now. I loved it!!! My favorite paper to paint on was called waxed rice paper - it was masa rice paper which was impregnated with wax. It had a smooth side and a side with more tooth and we had those options.
You used Luma dyes with a bit of dish soap to make them stick or gouache. It was so wonderful because you could see through it and trace with your paint or dyes over anything and it took the paint beautifully. It was also very easy to correct mistakes by using an exacto to cut it out over another piece of paper and then tape it from behind an presto!... you could do it over.
Now have I searched and searched the internet and find no reference to it whatsoever, except for a snapshot of a book page on Google books. Too bad that it has been disappeared as it is so wonderful. I am going to try and make some myself as I do encaustic and I have tons of beeswax. I will order some masa rice paper and keep you guys updated on how it goes.
Meanwhile, I will try some hot pressed paper. (We used to use something similar but I can't remember the name of it now.)You could not see through it if course.
I have been wanting to do some designs for print but everything has changed now and it seems that you need to do it all digitally. I would still like to hand paint and then scan in and do the repeat digitally though. But I wanted to try the wonderful waxed rice paper we used to use back in the day.
Sounds like we should hang out and paint. I'm even ready to make my own paper. I love to explore new ways to paint. from paper to large pieces of furniture using chalk paint, but I find using watercolors is easier on my back lol Happy Painting. I would have loved seeing your beautiful artwork way back, I grew up in central Florida where Mickey and Minnie had just come to town. Still, for youngsters, it was quite fascinating!
I was a fountain pen enthusiast before I started my watercolor journey, and I first painted on tomoe rive and clairecfontaine paper. The way cheap cold press paper pills up when it's overworked drove me nuts, so discovering hot press paper has made me fall in love with this medium in a whole new way! Thanks for this helpful and informative video!
Thank you for that piece of information on Hot and cold press paper. I am a beginner in watercolor and have never taken classes.
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AHH I always have done watercolor on cold press and wondered why it didn't come out smoother! This is super helpful and now I understand why my watercolor turns out a bit more splotchy
The first time using hot pressed paper, im not very impressed by it. For me it's too smooth, because I'm so used to painting on cold pressed. But now I want to sell my art print (so I have to scan my painting), using cold pressed paper will give textured result. whereas using hot pressed wont give textured result. But I'm scared if I can't paint well on hot pressed. It frustrates me
My recommendation is paint on cold press paper. If you are more comfortable with it your best work will come out on it. I like both Hot and Cold press depending on what I am trying to achieve in the painting. As for scanning your work, if you can - I recommend getting a nice point in shoot camera (Or at least try borrowing one) and learning how to use manual mode. I couldn't make prints of my art without my point and shoot. By setting the camera to it's brightest setting and using a tripod to steady it - I can achieve my desired look for my prints without the bumpy texture. (I will say though -some of my paintings I have to paint darker to make sure the camera can pick up details.) I hope that helps. Yeah, it is really frustrating and I was in your boat almost ayer ago. So I completely understand.
Very helpful, and the analogy with goose bumps was brilliant!
You are an outstanding teacher. Very organized. Thanks.
Thank you for your informative and beautiful videos!
I love both kind of papers. If I do something more detailed I prefer Hot pressed paper. But when it comes to wet-in-wet techniques like landscapes etc then Cold pressed is the much better choice in my opinion. You can just do more wet layers.
Great breakdown of the difference between hot & cold press paper.😀
I really love your videos! I'm a beginner but so far your channel has helped me a lot! Hoping for more vids to come!
Loved this video!! I have only painted on cold pressed paper since it is the most widely available, but this video makes me want to try hot press paper!!
Super helpful and nicely made video, thank you! Love your gorgeous pup too.
This was so helpful! I've been wondering about the differences of the cold and hot pressed paper, but it always slipped my mind to actually look into it! Thanks so much for doing the research on this! ^_^
+TJ Lubrano You are welcome :D
I've used gouache on hot-pressed and it does look thicker/more saturated to me, but can also be reactivated easier with moisture since it absorbs differently and kind of sits on the paper more. I find cold-pressed to be better for regular watercolor rather than gouache. It does tend to buckle though if painted on once removed from the block, so keep that in mind. Hot-pressed is stiffer like a board.
Clicked to educate self on paper, 15 seconds in I'm just DOG! THERE'S A DOG! BEST VIDEO. FAV.
of course it's also very informative, thank you
LOL, I loved your comment :D Yeah Teddie sometimes makes an appearance and I swear she's much more popular than me on this channel ;)
Well she got you my sub xD
Thank you for the video. I am a beginner painting with watercolour. I hate the coldpressed paper. I want to try the hotpressed paper after watching this!🥰
I really love your video's! They are not only very informative, but also so well edited and I can tell you really put a lot of time in them. Keep up the good work! You are an inspiration :)
Oh and I never really knew the difference between hot and coldpressed paper, but I am really excited about the hot pressed! I always thought that all water color paper was bumby! Stupid me ^^
+Jojan So glad you love the videos and yeah I thought all watercolor paper was the same until I someone asked me what I thought abut hot press a couple of months ago. I started doing some digging and discovered ALOT :) So your not alone in your thought process :D
Well this video is just delightful in every possible way. Thanks for both informing and relaxing me!
Thanks. This was very helpful. Just getting ready to use hot pressed for the first time.
I enjoyed this. It would be interesting to do a high resolution scan of the two versions, and zoom into them so that we can see the differences in detail. It's hard to see the differences in this video. I could be missing something very obvious, though. Thank you.
So, hot press would probably be better for Mixed Media projects.
Your voice is so relaxing which is nice to listen to and your videos are so informational! Your vids really help me out since I'm a beginner in water color
+Danielle Daynos So glad you like the videos :)
Well done my watercolor guide! ❤️🎨
Hello Teddy girl (in the background) !!!
I really loved this video. It helps a lot and i actually like both papers, but it always depends on what I want to paint. Thanks a lot :D
Great tip on how to remember the difference between hot and cold :).x
I thought I was all about the bumps until I saw this comparison. I really like the idea of having more time to move the paint around. I'm saving up to buy Arches by the roll because I find it just too cost prohibitive to keep spending so much on those little pads unless I have a Michaels coupon. They don't get those coupons out to me fast enough though. hee hee Now I'm not sure which type I should save up for first. Darn you!! I guess I could always get the texture some other way say, salt or cling film or spatter. I think I've answered my own questions with my ramblings. Thanks lady friend. :)
Susan Hamilton You're crazy to spend money at Michaels.
Just buy from dickblick's website or amazon. Free shipping and Arches is literally 40-50% cheaper than michaels.
They're basically robbing people with those prices.
I barely buy anything in store anymore.
Michaels is for the desperate, like if you REALLY need a new set of pens or paint colour right then and there. I've found very few things for cheaper than online (sakura micron brush pens for example)
Getting robbed is a great way to put it. I hate that people are getting price-gouged so hard just because they don't know better.
Order it online. Michaels is a rip-off.
Your voice is so soothing, I can almost play ur videos to put myself to sleep lol. Perhaps u could be a narrator for kids book on YT. Just a suggestion
I was so excited to try hot press paper when I finally got my hands on it. I love the smooth texture for incorporating colored pencil without the extra texture.
Lately though I've been going back to cold press for the slight roughness. Just depends on my project.
+beepear Yeah I'm finding that as well. Sometimes I'm loving the smoothness and others I'm really wanting my cold press roughness. :)
Loved this video! So well done, informative, and beautifully presented. A video from you is always a treat and much looked forward to. I use hot pressed paper because my drawings tend to be detailed with thick and thin lines really being extremely important features. I find that the bumpiness of the cold pressed swallow up and distort the lines of my drawings. Very frustrating. I like that the paints sits longer on the hot pressed paper to allow more time to play with the paint and I really don't mind that it takes longer to dry. I use it as an opportunity get up and stretch my legs for a bit .Thanks for this wonderful video! :) Kate
a great video and I now finally know the difference between hot and cold pressed papers and I like the way you describe the best way to remember it :) than you
I love your voice ! It's so calming and pretty ~~
Nice demo - very focused explanation: I got the info I needed, thanks!
As a full time professional artist and Bookbinder, I use ALOT of watercolor paper... for both Artwork and Binding. I only buy and use 100% cotton watercolor papers, and my absolute favorite is Saunders Waterford. I buy most of my watercolor paper in rolls, and in bulk orders of imperial sheets if rolls are not available for a specific brand, type or weight. I have noticed with Arches brand only, their hot press paper has changed in the past 2 years, and DRASTICALLY!!! Some of their 300gsm hot press will have big spots that resist paint and water. But for the most part, their hot press is very absorbent at 1st, it dries extremely fast! I have to put alot of coats of water on it, to get it to stay wet... their hot press almost acts like a sponge at 1st! Then when you are doing light washes, the paper looks like it is pilling up... it gets this very sloppy look to it, and it dries so fast! Their hot press literally dries 5 times faster, than their cold press paper! As soon as you lay a brush stroke down, it almost dries right up if you don't have your brush fully soaked with water! And light layers, and certain pigments look EXTREMELY washed out. I can not stand Arches hot press at all, I down right despise the stuff lol. Now Saunders Waterford hot press on the other hand, handles exactly how you described in this video. I get alot of people telling me how upset and displeased they are with Arches, and the messiness that goes on with their hot press papers. I do love their hot press for pen and ink work on the other hand, because it is much more absorbent and dries faster than other brands. God knows I've got plenty of it, multiple rolls and tons of imperial sheets in different weights... I only buy it, because that's what people ask for in the goatskin Hardbound watercolor sketchbooks I make for their orders. Figured I'd throw my opinion in the bucket lol. Have a good one
Thanks for sharing. Everything makes more sense now 😁👍🏻
In my opinion, cold pressed gives a somehow uniform texture, but that texture is in the paper, cause pigment gathers and "sit" on the lower parts of that texture. in the other hand I think hot pressed allows a more random and organic texture, cause pigment moves way more freely, and to me that adds an unpredictable and more interesting effect. pigment will stay where it was at the moment water started to dry, once applied of course. great vid!!
I really enjoyed your video, now I can possible to compare both cold and hot pressed paper differences and going to buy cold one shortly after this - thanks for share it with us. ..
Keep on work!
Jason Sentuf
Thanks for this video. Very clear and great editing and graphics in between.
You really did a great job with this video. Great info., great design, and great delivery!
Thank you so much for this video! The paper isle has gotten a little better for me but its still scary. This made it a bit easier to understand! :).
THAT DOGGY IS SO CUTE O MY GOOOOOD!!
I can't stop looking at your dog 😍😂
I use a 100% cotton hot press for graphite drawings. It's superb for that particular use. Fabriano is my favorite hot press paper. For a more economical drawing paper, their "Studio" line of 25% cotton is also an excellent choice. Since I also paint, it works well for me.
Very informative. I would be using your videos on some of my blogs on my website.
They both look near identical in the illustrations, so I'm still confused! I'd have loved to have seen washes on them, say in 6 boxes with wet on wet, wet on dry, flat wash, dry brush, etc, showing all those differences.
I am loving the giant Pound Puppy plush by your own puppy! :)
me too :)
I love the pup, but he looks so bored, lol. Just bought my first hot pressed today. Can't wait to try it.
Perfect explanation!! Thank youLove your dog...
Thanks :D and our dog says thanks too! :D
Wow thank you I only New about grain fin for being smooth i though i knew I bought very very expensive cotton paper, i thought i knew, what i m doing and i was sooooo disappointed. Thanks to you now I know that all the things that made me so sad are actually characteristics if not advantages of cold pressed paper... though I still don't know what to make out of it
Beutifuln explanation, thanks!
I have issues with Arches Hot Press pilling as well as tearing when I remove tape. I bought several pads to complete Anna Mason tutorials and I really really hate it, especially because of the pilling. I think paintings look more alive and interesting on cold press because the texture adds to the depth. I also like how watercolor flows on cold press much better than hot press. Even in your final products I think the cold press looks brighter and more lively compared to the hot press which looks flatter and duller.
Great video Misfit! Thanks much. You buy cheap, you buy twice! Lol!
I always like the idea of Hot Press and hated the texture of Cold Press.
But now I think I can see the good in the texture of the former. It holds the water in place giving you more control over it than the hot, which blends together a lot more. It offers less control over line work, as the texture gets in the way of your perfect lines when using pencil or even pen.
This is such a tricky subject. With the differences in brand, and weight, I think you did very well. I like a very heavy, very rough, arches cold press, but my favorite parts of watercolor are often the blooms, and mixes that happen naturally in all those bumps. I think I will try some more controlled stuff with a little hot press... how about additives, or mediums? I know you use mask, but what about all the other mysterious bottles on the art store shelf?
+Deez Nuts Good eyes :D I do have other mediums but rarely use additives other than the masking fluid. I've found for my painting style, I like the more simplistic. I may change my mind someday...but for now I don't use any mediums or additives :)
Thanks this really helped me a lot☺
this is excellent info, just what I was looking for, thanks!!!
Great information. Thanks for sharing.
This help me a lot! Thank you so much! Btw love your dog :))
THANK YOU FOR MAKING THE VIDEO I WAS USING THE WRONG PAPER ,😅😅 YOUR VIDEO HELPED ME!
I find that the Arches hot pressed paper, because it's not sized, is too absorbent and lets the watercolor sink in. Not good for lifting color. I think it's more suitable for gouache (opaque) paint. Also, I've found that there is less sizing on the cold pressed pads than there is on the loose sheets. I just got a roll of Arches which I haven't used yet. Will let you know.
+veaudor Thanks for the info :) Keep me updated :D
I also had to adjust myself to Arches in general, having used Strathmore and Fabriano before. I found that Arches was inconsistent in the sizing sometimes and very absorbent, this having to use more paint but noticed that it handled lots of water well without creating blooms. I guess it just depends on use. I use hot press cotton paper for graphite works.
Arches hot press pills like crazy! The fibers ball up and the paint collects there creating a mess. Overpriced and overrated, IMO.
Which one gives you that incredible explosion of color when you first touch it with paint? It has happened a few times, but other times, it just sits there.
am I crazy, or does it seem like the cold pressed paper actually had the better colors. Fantastic video by the way!!! your skills are amazing too. thank you for this.
Now I know!! Thank you so much 😍😍
I love this video! Thank you for the info!!
Hot Press is the go to paper for Botanical Watercolor Illustrators, Cold Press more for other watercolor forms including landscapes. However I always have seen videos for Hot Press and Cold Press but rarely if ever see one for the uses of Rough watercolor paper. It almost seems as though the make a readily available paper (rough) that no one ever uses. Have you used rough paper or do you know the main subject matter it is best suited to?
thank you for this informative video ^^ and since I'm quite new to watercolor I just own cold pressed paper -.-
by the way what brush are you using here? which brand can you recommend judging by your experience? and for what are you going to use hot pressed paper in the future? can't imagine to use it for landscapes... I heard that hot pressed paper is a good choice if you paint with less water and cold pressed paper is therefore good for the wet-in-wet technique.
I'm looking for more videos/ maybe tutorials?... can't wait for your version of a snowy forest
So happy I found your channel! I haven't really done any "proper" watercolor stuff yet but these videos are really helpful so far and you have a super pretty voice aswell! Thanks for explaining and displaying stuff so well, going through a few of your videos already
+Mrs Remi No prob :D
Thanks for your video - i am just wondering do you use markers eg zig clean colour real brush markers that many people watercolour with at all - i am trying to work out what paper is better for these pens to be honest i thought the cold pressed look more vibrant than the hot press and to me i couldnt see much of a difference (in the actual painting) with the "tooth" of the paper but i could see it before you started painting - one of those "in real life" things you can see it much clearer. I actually do stamping and colour in the images i do not paint or use watercolor paints as such - i do have watercolour pencils.though...but am looking into getting these pens..at some stage. I also use distress inks and they have a lot of techniques where u need to use a lot of water therefore watercolor paper/cardstock-thick is better because of the water being used with it just wondering and thanks for your help
This is everything I’ve needed!
Thank you so much!
TYVM for this helpful video. I am only a crafter but was curious about which paper best for using a Gelli Plate. So I really also need ot know about the weight of paper. I found I had some w/c paper that when dry from the acrylics was so very hard,, stiff. While the other papers I had around that were also w/c were a bit softer. Now the only thing is I do not know which weight was for which...they were just some papers i had around craft room...lol
Thanks. I found the video so useful.
Thanks for doing such a nice and informative video, it helped me a lot :D
Really helpful ^^
+Bellaatm Atm So glad you liked :)
Hi sorry but I thought how much the wet colours gets absorbed into the paper depends on the sizing of the paper instead of how bumpy the paper texture is ?
How does it respond to pencil! can you draw side by side? Great video btw!
THANK YOU! So helpful!
Hello, thanks for doing this video it is very helpful. I know you said that hot press creates a more vivid color that cold press but looking at your end result it looks to me like the cold press flower is more vivid. What do you think?
What about the third type of watercolour paper, rough? Personally I think hot pressed is more illustrative and cold press is more loose - things like wet in wet.
Thanks for your videos ,you help people to understand watercolor painting a lot. Do you believe that Arches is the best paper or there are others also?
cold pressed paper of this brand is so great! but if you use gouache you really need to use a lot of water, otherwise paint skips and comes out rough, took me a while to get used to it
BIG THANK YOU !!!
+mariana Elenis You are welcome :D
Very helpful ♥️thank you
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What's the best paper for miya gouache paint and watercolor..im confused..of which paper im going to buy
Are you able to trace on a light box with this paper?
You stated that the colours would be more vibrant in the hot pressed paper yet the demo showed the opposite.
I find that hot-pressed paper is the only choice for highly detailed drawings and watercolor pencil paintings.
I've avoided watercolor like the plague because I absolutely abhor the texture of cold-pressed paper. I hate the way it looks and feels. I have wanted to try out hot-pressed paper, but I believe I have to search harder at my local art stores because I have never been able to find it.
I use hot press for gauche and cold press for watercolors.
How come cold-press paper takes advantage of better transparency with watercolors, not mentioned?
Did I miss something?
Another thing about hot press paper compared to cold press paper even with Arches Is that the hot press paper it’s not as thick and not as heavy and more flimsier.
Thank you SO much for explaining this. That dang paper aisle IS SO INTIMIDATING!
i think i would prefer hot pressed paper but i need it in 18x24 and can only find arches that sell it that big. not only is it more expensive than cold pressed but i only get 20 sheets. my other option would be to get canson xl watercolour cold pressed. id be paying a lot less, can get it locally and get more sheets
Can you tell me the from where you get tha pallete you used in this video. I mean the company of pallete
Dog is like hot press, cold press, whatever...where is my toy?
I didn't try hot press or rough, only cold and for what i see there is a missing link here...which would be a mostly flat paper ( not as smooth as hot press) but with some little tooth ( not as rough as cold press). I see that the jump between hot and cold is too wide. Would be like having hb pencil and 4b...you need at least a 2b between those two since are too different. Not sure what manufacturers are thinking or maybe there is some manufacturing limitation I'm not aware of and making a middle of the road paper is not possible.
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When painting on hot pressed paper does the watermark go up or down?