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🎨 Elevate your art with the paper that pros swear by — Arches, where tradition meets innovation.
Arches Watercolor Paper Block, Cold Press, 9" x 12", 140 lb, features 100% cotton fibers crafted via a cylinder mold process for superior strength and durability. Its cold press texture offers excellent water absorption and control, while exclusive gelatin sizing enhances color vibrancy and blending. Glued on all sides with a protective cover sheet, this pH-neutral paper ensures your artwork remains pristine and archival-quality, continuing a legacy of premium art papers since 1492.
| Best Sellers Rank | #2,049 in Arts, Crafts & Sewing ( See Top 100 in Arts, Crafts & Sewing ) #18 in Watercolor Paper |
| Brand | Arches |
| Color | Black |
| Customer Reviews | 4.8 out of 5 stars 3,945 Reviews |
| Material | Paper |
| Paper Finish | Watercolor |
| Product Dimensions | 12"L x 9"W |
| Sheet Size | 9 x 12 inches |
R**Y
Excellent product, very satisfied
It wasn’t packaged in a box, but it arrived in perfect condition, nonetheless - about the same price as Blick Art Supply. It is a good size for portability and being in a block makes it certain that the paper will dry flat. And, of course, Arches cold press is always the best paper available for watercolor.
M**Y
This is the best. End of story.
No, Meeden and Yoohoo and Baohung doesn't hold a candle to the Arches blocks, especially in the larger sizes like this (and the heavier 300lb weight, too, with the teal cover). I haven't tried my Fabriano Artistico (I really should, and compare it), but when I want a real work of art, I'm grabbing the Arches blocks. I didn't think I'd ever paint this large, but you just end up needing to, and the 9 x 12" are more like practice technique papers now, and yeah, got the 16 x 20" too. And the rough pressed. It's 100% worth it, cold pressed is the exquisite quality paper; and I can scrub real hard, throw tons of water and paint on it, get lots of textures and ..the paintings almost paint themselves. I feel like I'm cheating, but the more you paint, the more you know this is the easiest contest: just pick the Arches and focus on your paintings, you'll come out WAY ahead in the long run. THIS IS WHAT TO GET.
H**Y
works great
I feel the best watercolor paper for me is paper I'm very familiar with; and I've been using Arches paper ever since I started watercolor. It may not be the best paper, but I know how it behaves and I know its limitations. What more can I say? So far so good, please don't change anything.
D**B
Best paper for any level of painter
Arches is the best, they have been in business since 1492. Now any problems with painting are the artists fault, not the materials.
A**A
Guaranteed quality
Arches is ALWAYS the best quality. I use it for my cyanotype prints.
L**A
Thickness and Texture Hold The Paint Well
This paper is fantastic for watercolor. I have never tried to use it with acrylics but I will one day and report back when I do. The thickness and texture of this paper holds the watercolor paint well, even when I use it wet on wet. It buckles ever so slightly but nothing that a matting can't fix.
N**E
Very best watercolor paper
Excellent
A**R
The best
The best watercolor paper.
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