We consider a paper to use for acrylic painting to be a worthy investment in the long run.
We are here to help you choose the right one for your needs from all the best available products in market today.
Our review process:
After analysing dozens of papers for the past few months, here are our favorite papers, in a wide range of styles and prices.
Our final collection has the best products and we also worked hard to maintain variety within our selection to accommodate personal preferences.
We have collected papers from several brands including hippie crafter, winsor newton, arteza, ucreate, canson etc., specific to your regular usage .
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The paper is a must have accessory for your daily usage. Arches works WITH you to create the best painting of your ability. If you are painting on a block, there is a space on the top where you can slide a knife in. It contains ink dots that ruin your painting. The block is very convenient and keeps the paper flat while painting.
The paper is made of 100%cotton and never warps. It works well with acrylic paint too. If you watercolor, this paper is a MUST. It provides extra protection from light and elements, meaning this paper is made to last for years to come.
Why We Like This:
Professional quality best to use with quality watercolors
Cotton rag and uniform surface texture
Perfect watercolor paper, can sustain lots of water, doesn't buckle and easy to use
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If you often find yourself scrambling for convenient and suitable paper, ucreate paper to use for acrylic painting is your end point. This thick heavy paper is perfect for watercolors and paints. It is quite thick for such low cost paper. It will handle acrylic paints and it is all loose in shrink wrap. It is perfect for the non-professional artist-in-training.
This paper is perfect for arts and crafts. It is perfect for cutting various materials for any paper craft. There is no leaking or holes created when water is added. It is perfect if you want to get into watercolor.
Why We Like This:
Sturdy and perfect for water painting
Great for teaching lessons and for practice
Good for swatching, scrap paper, and throw away studies
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They are "real" watercolor paper and quite affordable. It works good for half fold cards, you have to cut it down slightly. It will last even this family of 5 watercolorists longer than most watercolor tablets. It's big and really takes the paint well.
This paper is good for small pieces like tags. It does not bleed through the paper like most products. It's perfect for testing out different techniques or how colors look when you're mixing colors. The paper does not permit alot of scrubbing, no need to scrub very much, the paint will lift so well. This is a great quality paper for myself and the kids.
Why We Like This:
Good quality, fit to draw with both normal pencil and water color
Great paper holds onto water well
Nice thick water color paper that doesn't get soggy like other papers
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The arteza paper to use for acrylic painting is the best convenient paper on the market today. This is really nice paper to learn on and experiment on for acrylics. It has a prominent linen texture that shows through when gel printing. The texture is very similar to canvas with a very stiff tooth. You can use it just like a canvas and it holds up great.
The " tooth " of the paper is good to stop the paint " sliding " rather than " sticking " and there is minimum curl of the paper even with a full paint load. The sheets are durable and have a good amount of sturdiness to them. It's thick and sturdy and the texture feels very high quality.
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This wee journal is excellent for studies, technique experiments, and miniature paintings. It's thick, traditional white (not that weird purple color a lot of watercolor papers have been lately,) and highly textured. The paper is thick and can take anything you want to throw at it. It is ideal for watercolors, acrylics, ink pen, colored pencils, markers, oil pastels and more, it will tolerate light washes without bleeding and holds up to erasing.
The paper quality is very high, so you can easily use both sides of each sheet. The binding is also high quality, a kind of texturized covering over heavy duty cardboard. The paint tends to sit on top of the paper, so if you are a person who doesn’t mind inconsistencies in color as you lay it down, you will be OK with this paper. It is perfect as a travel journal or for hiking and sketching in nature.
Why We Like This:
Perfect for traveling and the cold press paper is wonderful
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The bright creations paper to use for acrylic painting is suitable and reliable and fits well with your regular usage. Explore your creative side with this set of 9x12 paper for art and painting projects that's perfect for beginners or experienced artists of all ages. It features a smooth surface that resists buckling and dries quickly. The water color paper for artists is perfect to use with watercolors and mixed media techniques like ink, pastels, oils, and acrylics. It feels more like cardstock.
The first sheet out of the stack also has a slightly different texture. It measures 9 x 12 inches to keep in folders and binders. If you like oil painting on a slippery surface this media is ideal. It is good paper for doing alcohol inks.
Why We Like This:
Really fun doing hair as the graphite blends easily and erases decently
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If you often find yourself confused about appropriate and satisfactory paper, winsor newton paper to use for acrylic painting should be your first option for buying. This paper is definitely best used for paint and pens. It is designed for use with oil and acrylic colours. It's nice and thick with a great texture. The skills required for mending fishing nets are transferred to tying knots for brushes. It can be used by graphic designers.
It has the right absorbency for oil applications.
Why We Like This:
Archival acid-free quality for stability and resistance to ageing
Allowed artists to enjoy oil colour without the use of hazardous solvents
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Next on the list, we've got yet another paper that manages to win our hearts. It's the hippie crafter paper to use for acrylic painting and it's widely considered as one of the best convenient paper you can buy. This Coldpress watercolor paper features a slightly rough textured surface that traps the water and color, allowing for better control, but not so much that it distorts. It works for things like greeting cards. It can rework areas without surface wearing and ruffing up. It works well for making note cards and small works. It is a good choice for more serious artists who want a cheaper paper to experiment or sketch on.
It is ideal surface for artists, kids, and beginners. They're nice and thick, have some good texture, and hold water well. It is a good paper for watercolor.
Why We Like This:
, a great choice for beginners, students, and hobbyists
A great student-grade paper that works well for making note cards and small works
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These watercolor paper sheets feature quality surfaces, can be widely applied for watercolor, ink, acrylic, oil pastel, pencil color, charcoal and more, allowing you to fully show your painting talents. Measuring about 22.8 x 30.5 cm/ 9 x 12 inches, the drawing paper for artists is suitable for beginners, students, kids, painting enthusiasts and so on.
You will receive 100 sheets of watercolor paper for kids, which are enough to satisfy your painting and art crafting needs in daily life or at class, also allow you to share with your classmates, friends, family members and so on. The paper is nice quality besides the edges and the first and last page in the stack. It allows the kids to do their art / paint / marker projects, where regular printer paper will not suffice.
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The water color papers for artists are suitable for beginners, amateurs, educational arts and crafts, school supplies, art exams, watercolorist and more, exquisite and practical for you to use. It is made of quality cotton material, and the white water color papers for kids have the characteristics of nice water absorption, resistance to pilling and friction, reliability and long application time, so you can use them for a long time.
The watercolor papers enable to display color nicely to show a good vision experience. The cold press painting papers can match with pencils, inks, crayons, pastels and so on. It is suitable for mixed media, such as wet and dry.