Watercolor paper gone bad? Sizing surface coating problems Arches
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Last updated 16 Aug 2024
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I've run into a lot of problems with uneven wet washes, splotchy absorption or white speckled dots where watercolor paint will not sink into the surface coating (sizing) of the paper. It appears that Arches cold press cotton watercolor paper has been having an increased rate of sizing failure in 2020-2021. It is possib
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