Winsor & Newton Professional and Classic Watercolour Papers - Jackson's Art Blog

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You would expect that Winsor & Newton, the makers of the most popular watercolour in the world, would also make an excellent watercolour paper and you would be right! Five artists with a variety of painting styles have tried the new papers from Winsor & Newton and the results are very positive. Winsor and Newton Watercolour Papers Winsor & Newton make two watercolour papers: the Professional and the Classic. They are hard to distinguish by the packaging because they don’t say ‘Professional’ or ‘Classic’ on them, just the colour of cover is different: the Professional has a dark grey cover and the Classic has a light grey cover. Winsor & Newton Professional Watercolour Paper This luxury watercolour paper is made from 100% cotton and is naturally acid-free and archival. It is cylinder mould made, 300gsm (140lb), acid-free, archival, contains no optical brighteners, both internally sized and externally sized. This paper is available by the sheet, in a 5×7-inch spiral pad, and in blocks. It is available in Hot Pressed, Cold Pressed (Not) and Rough surface textures. A block is different to a regular pad. A watercolour block is a pad of watercolour paper that has been glued on all 4