And that s a short explanation of the difference between hot and cold press paper.
Cold press watercolour paper.
Cold pressed paper meanwhile has a medium level of roughness and texture.
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A sheet of paper is basically a thin mat of tangled cellulose fibers to make cold pressed paper sheets of cellulose pulp are pressed through felt covered metal rollers at cold temperature hence the designation cold.
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Hot pressed paper has the smoothest surface.
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Watercolor paper however that has a bumpy feel to the touch is known as cold press watercolor paper.
The term cold press originates from the process used to manufacture the paper.
In addition it s the hardest and most resistant.
Cold press watercolor paper is labelled cp or in england not meaning not hot pressed.
To keep this one straight i like to think of the paper have goosebumps due to the cold.
Cold pressed watercolour paper cold pressed watercolour paper is the first choice for watercolourists due to its versatility.
Hot pressed cold pressed and rough.
At the moment hahnemühle cold press paper actually does a pretty good job of giving me the feel of cold press but the look of hot press.
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Due to its middle ground nature cold press paper has been by far the most popular kind of paper in the watercolor community.
Cold pressed watercolor paper has a slightly textured surface somewhere in between rough and hot pressed paper.
Regarding watercolor paper specifically there are three main types of texture.
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I ll be exploring this a little later in this series when i compare other watercolor paper brands against each other.