Canson Imagine A4 200g White Mixed Media Paper Pad, Light Grain, Markers, Brushes, Felt Tip-Pens, For Professional Artists & Illustrators

As a watercolour and mixed media artist who does not wet her paper through with water I have struggled to find a paper I really like but with the strength of the thicker papers and the smoothness of hot pressed papers. Here I find a paper suited to my needs. It is soft and smooth with a little texture to give a key to colour pencils, watercolour pencils, watercolour crayons and markers of all persuasions. I wanted a paper that would go through my little HP Deskjet printer without sticking and this does the job perfectly. I now can put in 5 sheets of this extraordinary mixed media paper in my printer and it prints perfectly my Dover Clip Art CD images. Then with a little spray of hairspray extra hold I am ready to paint................THRILLED. I have now tried throwing water at it with inks and paints and watercolour distress markers, ive used dylusions paints and many types of acrylic paint, both high viscosity and thinner runny acrylics. I am once again so pleased to say this paper stands up to it all. Ive hardly had any warping and the small pieces that have warped slightly have settled on drying to a flat base paper. I don't think I will go back to searching for the ultimate watercolour paper because this mixed media does it all. I can honestly say this paper is printable, water friendly and pigment perfect. If your wondering what to buy to use all your media then this paper is it.........I recommend you BUY this and try it......after all you get 50 sheets of 200gsm paper that is quite extraordinary.

I was worried about the smoothness of the paper when I first opened it, but it has tooth. I needed paper to work on for an urgent project, but my usual mixed media paper is out of stock or on back-order everywhere. Having used other Canson papers and found them good, I thought I'd try this one. It is a little lighter weight than my usual one. Because I needed it urgently, I opened it immediately to see what it was like. The feel of the paper is SO smooth - it feels like the back of a photograph - and is the same on both sides. So I needed to try it out asap so I could order something else if necessary. I put the first layer on the ground section of this illustration using inktense pencils. There is tooth! The texture under a light layer of pencil is rather like one of the smoother hot press watercolour papers. I wet the pigment, just enough to activate it and get a watercolour-type effect. After the ground area dried, I put in the first layer of the rock wall (again in inktense pencil). This is the stage of the illustration in my photograph. Hopefully you can see the texture of the paper under the layer of pencil (the rock wall, grey), and what it looks like after activation and drying (the ground area, brown). Things to note: This paper is off-white; it is definitely NOT cream, it looks white, but my white pencil shows up on it. (Canson also does a bright white version, which has a different picture on the front, in case that helps you.) Although the paper seemed to buckle when it was wet, it has dried out flat. I left it on the table. The paper still feels pretty smooth after finishing the illustration. I got two layers of pencil/wetting/drying on this with no problems. This paper is 200gsm, but each sheet feels fairly thick for this weight of paper. But it's not porous. It feels like this would go through my printer (which does a U-shaped bend in the paper feed). I have yet to test what and how much this paper will take, and will be updating my review when I have. Bottom line is that I'm glad I bought this paper. It is as good as my usual paper, although it is a lighter weight. It feels deceptively smooth. Obviously, this is all based on my first impressions. If this stops being accurate, then I will update my review.

I wasn't sure what to expect from this paper - the promise of a mixed media surface seemed like an alien concept given that I'd previously stuck to specific papers for specific purposes. However, I was very pleasantly surprised. This paper really does offer a little bit of everything. If you are a beginner this is perfect because it allows you to experiment with different media without having to lay out a lot of money on many different types of paper. And if you're a more experienced artist, it provides a surface on which to sketch out ideas in multiple media, and keep it all in one handy pad. On the downside (there has to be a downside), don't expect the very best results across all media. This, by definition, is a compromise - there isn't enough tooth to lay down the best pencil or charcoal sketches, and it won't stand up to the rigors of a full wet technique watercolour. It does work extremely well with pen and ink, and it will give you good enough results for sketching ideas or for learning your craft. This product offers great value for monet (I know...) and I wouldn't hesitate in recommending it. Give it a try, and I promise you'll end up buying more.

Got this today and tried it. It's lovely and very cheap for 50 sheets of high quality thick paper. I've been looking for cheap alternatives for watercolour paper, and this doesn't quite hold up to that label that watercolour can be used on it as the paper buckles and warps with more than a couple layers of paint. All dry media such as graphite and coloured pencils, charcoal, pastel all work lovely though! It's got a very fine and smooth texture and it perfect for dry media and very (VERY) light washes of watercolour. It's also not as white as it seems and is an off white cream/ivory colour just for anyone who's wondering. For this reason I'm giving it 4 stars as it sort of can't really be used for watercolour but is great for non wet media!

A great pad. I’m no professional artist but I’ve been using it for watercolour painting, coloured pencil art and graphite pencil sketches and it hasn’t let me down yet. The paper does buckle a bit when using watercolours but goes back into shape mostly when dry (my smaller pieces always end up a wee bit curved if they’ve been excessively soaked). It’s not artist quality, clearly but it gives you a lot of paper to work on and if you do what I do - cut the paper up into smaller pieces - then it can really last you well. I’ve supplied a few pictures of mine as an example to how the art comes out in it even for a beginner. I’d definitely buy again but I’ve still got quite a bit left so it’ll be a wee while yet. Lol.

Love this paper. A good all rounder. No need to stretch paper when using watercolour or similar. Value for money and worth it.

I don't think this is that bad for watercolour, I've used some cheap watercolour paper before that's curled up, gone all bitty when wet but this id actually quite good for practise or generally painting with. I always tape the sides of my paper anyway and you will notice that it does curve a little when using water colour but it doesn't really bother me, but if your a professional then invest in proper water colour paper, however this makes good paper to practise. It's also quite smooth too, so when you want to sketch the pencils seems to flow nicely. I'd buy again as I'm happy with product.

My daughter wanted a go at using copic style markers. Suddenly im looking for suitible paper, I just wanted to get her some fancy felt tip pens for her art work! Following other reviews I'd agree that the weight is pretty good here and should be capable of most medias though bleed through does occur sometimes when blending so a backing shield/sheet is advisable. As for price this is very reasonable by comparison and with other products which revieve mixed reviews and contain perhaps half as many sheets. Notice unlike some other products this is proper paper, not the ever so sleightly waxed varients some people are reporting which lead to smears etc.

This paper is ok, good for loose concepts. It will fail under anything above moderately damp ink or paint application. Great for idea ting and testing but not ideal for final renders.

Alles in einem stimmt alles, das Papier ist dick genug, die Qualität gut, es lässt sich toll drauf malen, zeichnen, arbeiten. Das einzige, was mich ein wenig stört ist, dass das Papier nicht fest rundherum am Block ist, sondern nur oben. So wellt sich das Papier leicht und es ist besser wenn man einen Bogen Papier am Tisch selbst festklebt. Ansonsten super schnelle Lieferung, ich würde es wieder bestellen.

Awesome paper and perfect delivery !!

Correspond à mon attente. Le papier est bien épais, comme mentionné. Le grain est léger et le format correspond. Je recommande ce produit

Sin duda es uno de los mejores papeles que existen en el mercado para trabajar diferentes técnicas de ilustración. Trabajo como profesor de Artes Plásticas, además de como ilustrador, y éste es mi papel "estándar", el que utilizo como punto de partida. Se trabaja PERFECTO con las siguientes técnicas: - rotuladores con base de agua (Tombow, por ejemplo) - estilógrafos - lápices de grafito (se dibuja y se borra genial) - lápices de colores (acuarelables o no) - collage (el gramaje es perfecto para recortar y doblar) - temperas con poca agua - tintas Se trabaja BASTANTE BIEN, aunque no al 100% con las siguientes técnicas: - rotuladores con base de alcohol (Copic, por ejemplo), ya que se expande un poco, aunque a veces este recurso puede ser interesante - acuarelas, ya que si pones mucha agua, acaba arrugándose un poco Lo dicho, es mi papel de día a día en ilustración y el que utilizo como punto de partida siempre. Totalmente recomendable por su relación calidad precio.