Baohong
Baohong
Baohong is a professional-grade artist paper brand known for producing high-quality watercolour papers made from 100% cotton.
Designed for serious artists, Baohong papers offer excellent absorbency, strength and colour performance, making them a trusted choice for watercolour, gouache and mixed media techniques.
At Senior Art Supplies, Baohong is our signature paper range, carefully selected for its balance of professional quality and outstanding value.
From watercolour blocks and pads to sheets, Baohong delivers reliable performance for both studio and plein air painting.
Features:
- 100% cotton professional paper
- Excellent water absorption and colour lifting
- Durable surface for layering and reworking
- Great value for professional-quality paper
- Available in sheets, pads and blocks
- Ideal for watercolour, gouache and ink
Paper making process
The creation of Baohong Masters’ Watercolour Paper involves several meticulous steps that contribute to its unique properties. The process starts with the careful selection of raw materials, utilizing the highest-quality cotton fibres to create a pulp that balances strength with absorbency.
What sets Baohong Masters’ apart is the unique sizing process. The paper receives multiple layers of internal and surface sizing, creating a surface that allows watercolour pigments to settle beautifully while preventing excessive bleeding. This careful balance makes Baohong Masters’ Watercolour Paper suitable for even the most demanding and delicate watercolour techniques.
Perhaps the most notable characteristic is Baohong Masters’ Watercolour Paper’s unique absorbency. Baohong Masters’ has a unique slow absorption rate, allowing artists more time to manipulate colour and pigment. This property aligns with traditional Chinese painting techniques that require precise control over colour flow. The paper’s controlled absorbency allows for the most subtle gradations essential in delicate watercolour painting techniques
FAQs
Yes. Baohong is a 100% cotton professional watercolour paper designed to perform at a high level for both studio and plein air painting.
It is ideal for watercolour painting, gouache, ink and mixed media techniques.
Baohong blocks, pads and sketchbooks are all made with the same professional 100% cotton watercolour paper, but they are designed for different ways of working.
Blocks are glued on all four sides, which keeps the paper perfectly flat while painting and helps reduce warping during heavy washes. Once finished, you remove the sheet by cutting the edge, revealing a clean, flat painting surface.
Pads are usually top-glued or spiral-bound, making them easy to flip through and remove sheets for framing or practice. They’re a flexible option for both studio and casual painting.
Sketchbooks are bound books designed for portability, ideal for travel, sketching and on-the-go watercolour work where you want all your paintings kept together in one place.
Baohong watercolour paper is available in different textures to suit various painting styles.
Hot Press is smooth and detailed, ideal for fine lines, illustration and controlled washes.
Cold Press (Medium/Fin) has a light texture that balances detail with good paint absorption, making it the most versatile choice.
Rough has a strong, textured surface that enhances granulation, expressive brushwork and bold watercolour effects.
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