CHEAP WATERCOLOR PAPER: Affordable Cotton Alternatives - How do they compare to Arches?

CHEAP WATERCOLOR PAPER - comparing 3 brands of 100% cotton paper to the "gold standard", Arches. I purchased Arteza, Meeden and Strathmore cotton papers all from Amazon and I'm going to test them out to see how they hold up against Arches paper. I'll be rating the paper on 5 different criteria - make sure you watch til the end to see how they ranked. During the testing, I didn't write the names of the paper on the sheets because I didn't want to be biased while I was observing the performance. I put the names of the brand of each sheet at the end of each section so you know which ones I'm referring to. Galaxy tutorial:    • TUTORIAL: Watercolor Galaxy Painting - Eas...   River rocks tutorial:    • TUTORIAL: River Rocks - Easy Watercolor Pa...   Original work, prints and printable coloring pages for sale! http://www.etsy.com/shop/noreencerron... MATERIALS Links to purchase all supplies can be found here: https://www.nch-art.com/supplies Meeden 100% cotton watercolor paper block - cold pressed 10 x 7 Arteza 100% cotton watercolor paper pad - cold pressed 9 x 12 Strathmore 100% cotton watercolor paper sheets - cold pressed 8 x 10 Arches 100 % cotton watercolor paper pad - cold pressed 9 x 12 Daniel Smith watercolor paints Qor watercolor paints Princeton Elite round brush size 10 daVinci Mop Quill size 2 MUSIC Music by Epidemic Sound (http://www.epidemicsound.com) PATREON Please consider supporting me on Patreon for exclusive content, free prints, and more!   / noreencerroneart   CONNECT WITH ME Instagram:   / noreencerroneart   Facebook:   / noreencerroneart   Join my beginners art group!   / beginnerartistsgroup   Twitter:   / ncerroneart   Website: http://www.noreencerroneart.com TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@noreencerrone...