Review of Hahnemühle's new product: a Watercolour Book made from 100% cotton paper.
In January, the German brand Hahnemühle introduced a watercolour sketchbook made from 100% cotton. It is available in eight sizes (portrait and landscape each in A6, A5, A4, as well as square 14x14 and 19.5x19.5 cm), it has 30 sheets, the cover is made of water-repellent material.
More about the sketchbook itself and the paper inside:
- 100% cotton, specially designed for this series of watercolour books.
- It has a fine-grain surface, but at the same time it is not velvety, but rather smooth, the grain is barely noticeable.
- usable on both sides as it has a fine-grained surface structure on the front and back: everyone is used to the fact that cotton always has a “face” and a “backside”, there is almost no difference on the different sides either in the behaviour of the paper or visually.
- Paper grammage - 250 gsm, it almost does not warp from water.
- The paper has a special sizing, so it holds layers very well: after drying, the bottom layer stands up tightly. This can be both a plus and a minus: layers can be applied an infinite number of times, the bottom layer does not cling at all. For artists working with multi-layer techniques and those who love glazing, this is very convenient. For those who are accustomed to rubbing, on the contrary, it can become an inconvenience. And, by the way, the sizing is felt when applying the paint layer: the brush seems to slide a little over the paper, and if you apply too much water, the moisture does not go deep into the sheet, but remains on the surface.
- The paper dries evenly, the color stays almost the same.
- Like all Hahnemühle papers, the paper is vegan.
- Very durable cover, made of water-repellent material (I even dripped water on it), rounded corners, a bookmark and a fairly tight elastic band. Stitched well, high quality, the paper on the spine and on the fold lines is not frayed.
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