Fabriano Artistico Watercolor Small Sheet Packs

Master-Quality Papers That Will Stand the Test of Time - in Small Packs!

Artistico’s Small Sheet Packs of Extra White Watercolor Paper deliver the purest, bright white available without the use of optical brighteners! Fabriano’s Artistico 100% cotton rag watercolor papers are mould-made using cotton balls instead of stretched and beaten cotton fibers like other brands. This creates a more consistent and even water absorption over the surface, and makes it more strong and durable to withstand scrubbing, erasing, and all common watercolor techniques.

Dating back to 1264, Italy’s Fabriano Mill fine arts papers were used and praised by the likes of Michelangelo. Fabriano pioneered many processed common in paper making today, including the watermark and the technique of surface sheet gluing using gelatin. Today’s technologies allow for internal and external sizing to be done without animal by-products, where they were once needed to preserve the papers archivally. This produces a more consistent, non-yellowing, smell-free, and more resilient non-scuffing surface without blotchy spots, providing more superior color lifting.

Chlorine and acid-free, Artistico Small Sheet packs are mould-made with the “Fabriano+Artistico” watermark. This high quality paper will fully satisfy the requirements of all professional artists, and the most demanding amateurs.

Cold Press - (sometimes referred to as “Not Press”) offers a lovely slight texture and tooth that grips pigment beautifully, created from pressing the finished paper between cold cylinders. Overall the most popular watercolor press.

Hot Press - provides a smooth, flat, even surface; produced by being run through hot cylinders. Perfect for multimedia drawings and paintings with all water media.