The listing for this waterproof paper clearly states that it’s good for painting & drawing — including watercolors. I couldn’t see how waterproof paper would with watercolors, but I was game to try. Guess what? It didn’t really work with either watercolors (big shock) or acrylics. I didn’t try drawing on it but it would be difficult to draw on — too hard. Save your money for paper really made for drawing & painting. I’m not quite sure what this paper is suited to. Read more

This paper is extremely durable. My husband and son held a competition to see who could tear the paper first, of course neither succeeded. This paper is smooth and glossy. I noticed depending on the printer and ink there can be some smudging. Overall, this is amazing paper definitely worth the price. Read more

Because I experiment with mixed media art projects, I wanted to try out this unusual paper. It has qualities that are new to me, ones I am learning about with each sheet. It is, as stated, waterproof. It is also ultra-smooth. It therefore responds differently to watercolor paints than more absorbent traditional watercolor papers do. In fact, watercolors tend to slightly pool on this paper before sinking in. The colors take longer to dry. They appear intense and do not wash into each other in a “watery” way using conventional techniques. The same with alcohol and other inks. I expected this paper to behave more like Yupo or similar synthetic papers, but it doesn’t. This paper has a much heavier feel to it—an immediately obvious weight—than other synthetic papers I have used. In fact, this paper is significantly heavier/denser per sheet than any other type of paper I have ever used. And yet it is only about as thick as greeting-card type card stock. I have tried acrylic paints on it, but they appear flat to me, and like watercolor, acrylics spread differently than I am used to. I don’t think that they are a good match. I see no advantage in using acrylics on this product rather than standard art papers or canvas-- unless a waterproof base is required. It is fun to draw on, however, in pencil or ballpoint pen. Because the surface is so uniformly smooth, one gets a sharp and clear image with little effort. I will continue to experiment with this unusual product. I want to become more familiar with it. I believe it has potential for a variety of things I have yet to consider…perhaps, for example, paper-folding projects, reproducing clear images of prints or paintings, and more. Read more

This is STRONG paper! I was surprised by the weight of the pad when I received it - it felt like a ream of paper (250 sheets) was inside and not just 25 pieces. I would have reviewed this sooner but I've been experimenting with different mediums on the pages. By far and away, alcohol markers (Copic Sketch, specifically) worked best! I have the Copic AirBrush System and love how the colors blend like a dream on these papers. Due to the special coating, I was able to take my time getting gradients of color to transition flawlessly. Usually, alcohol markers set quickly on non-treated paper: there can be a lot of waste when shading or blending colors since porous surfaces absorb the ink like sponges to water. It's best to use ultra-smooth paper specifically made for markers (examples: Copic Blending Card, Neenah White Cardstock, Copic Marker Sketchbook) and I'm glad I have another option with this paper because it's just a little more affordable than Copic X-press Blending Card (my favored, natural fiber-based paper of choice). I'm completely new to synthetic papers like Yupon and TerraSlate but I love the different effects I get using my Copics, gel pens, air brush system and acrylic MARKERS (not paint) on them. I've yet to pill or ruin the surface with excessive blending, even though I've loaded the paper with ink! Ironically, I'm actually using less ink because it tends to sit on the surface. I wouldn't use this for watercolor painting due to that latter observation - it would take forever for the paint to dry and more likely, the colors would get muddied together. You could use a paper towel and blot excess paint, but you'd also be taking pigment/color away from your work with each lift. Definitely buy this new artist paper if you're looking to try something new or getting the perfect material/surface for your airbrush/marker work! I noticed that this paper never wrinkles/warps out of shape even after getting wet. Natural fiber-based paper is prone to distortion after absorbing liquids, regardless of how well you've taped/stretched it down to dry under ideal conditions. The TerraSlate Airbrush Art Paper is a great place to start for any level of spray painting artistry. Read more

I've been wanting to get into airbrush art, since I frequently airbrush resin castings and 3D prints. But I'd like to practice on paper first before I start using panels. I've tried a lot of mediums: Watercolor paper, posterboard of multiple thicknesses, heavy duty art paper....I could go on. I've gotten all of them to bleed through on base coats. Now, some of that is my fault: For background color, I use an airbrush with a 0.8 mm needle and nozzle, and I can easily flood any paper or small object with paint. However, it's so useful to just lay down a base background color with just a few passes. Here's where I'm impressed with this paper: IT LIVES UP TO IT'S CLAIMS. When I saw this, I was very skeptical and just had to order some to try, and I fully expected to write this review stating that I bled color through or soaked the paper to the point it failed and fell apart. I'm pleasantly surprised that I can say that this paper held up to MULTIPLE blasts from my large airbrush, no bleed-through or saturation softness at all! Here's the details: I took a sheet of this pack, set it on a small easel, and blasted it with Createx Wicked Colors Black. I heavily blasted one corner of the sheet, and properly dusted the paint on the rest in thin, light coats. Once the whole sheet was completely black, there was no bleed through or soft spots, even on the corner I'd overloaded with paint at the start. I cleaned out the airbrush and loaded some US General Art Supply Lake Blue paint, and basically "scribbled" all over the page, eventually ending up with an abstract image that looked like a nighttime scene over a body of water. I next cleaned the airbrush again, then grabbed a pouring acrylic paint. Said paint is metallic, and unless I drop in a ball bearing to agitate the paint in the airbrush cup, the metal flake in the pouring paint will slightly bunch up in the nozzle and cause occasional "spitting". I loaded the paint, sans the ball bearing, and let the airbrush spit away on the sheet. STILL NO BLEED-THROUGH OR SOFT SPOTS!! I was stoked!! I've recently ordered some ultra-fine metal flake for mixing in with a transparent base paint, and have been wanting to try that out, but I know it's going to be a learning curve. I grabbed another sheet from this pack, sprayed it with more Wicked Colors Black, and did the mix I just outlined. As expected, I need to work on the ratios; The metal flake clumped, causing heavy spitting, and even reduced flow, only for a clump to get spat out of the airbrush followed by a huge, messy burst of clear base. Just one of this kind of blast would have easily torn through any of the paper mediums I described at the beginning of this review, but once again, this paper took it in stride, no bleed through, no soft spots! I'm so happy to finally have a reliable medium aside from more expensive panels to practice on, and do paint mix experiments on!! I do this pack is expensive for the money, but as I said, I think buying panels would be more costly in the end, so if I do use this pack up and need more, I'll definitely get it, and I'd gladly recommend it to anyone really wanting a durable paper for airbrushing! Read more