Ampersand Art Supply Watercolor Painting Panel: Museum Series Aquabord, 1/8 Inch Flat Profile, 6" x 6" - Pack of 4

Ambersand is a gift of a company to have created a board for Watercolor that eliminates the need to "STRETCH" watercolor paper and all the fiddly stuff one has to do in order to paint with watercolors. This board is a BLESSING sent from Heaven. It also eliminates the expense and need for matting, glass and framing at the Arts and Crafts stores because you can purchase Ambersands Floater frames and do it yourself. Heres a hint....Galleries and Show Cases for your artwork will love the fact that these boards are lightweight and easy to hang. They come in so many sizes and I am creating so much more work now and no more WASTED PAPER!!!!!

I got this for my sister as she is loving her watercolor paints. This is a great product for watercolor painters. The colors are so vibrant on it after it dries, it holds up to many changes that you can make on it and it holds up to consistent painting. My sister has made constant changes on her piece and still isn't finished with it, but this has held up to her consistent changes.

Unfortunately, mine was defective, but this is not something the company could have controlled. It looks like a shipping mistake. But I did use the defective board and was pleasantly surprised. It doesn’t absorb paint like paper Looks very nice.

Love this board for watercolor! It has texture so haven’t been impressed with use of pencil or pen but that isn’t what it was made for so not disappointed however, with watercolor it is fabulous!It is easy to soak up a mistake when using with watercolor and takes re-working like a champ! A lot of times I find a certain color just isn’t clicking with me or I don’t like a certain object in my design. Normally I’d have to work around what can’t be removed but this board allows you to soak off color w a sponge no problem. No issue with areas getting a bad muddy color and can fill in areas objects were removed with a light color and not have any ghosts.Being able to add and/or change color without having it get muddy would be really great for anyone new to watercolor to get used to the medium without getting frustrated and ruining tons of expensive papers.It also doesn’t wrinkle like some papers and is ready to frame when it dries. As an artist, I love this because I love to create but the minutia of smoothing our, matting and framing, I find tedious to say the least.So although it may be a little expensive for the larger sizes, I think the price is well worth it. I haven’t done the math but if you figure in paper thrown out due to mistakes, matte board and other framing materials that are not necessary with this board, and compare overall cost of materials to get the same end product, I am sure the cost would be similar to using a good cold press paper.

I was excited to try this hard surface because I hate paper buckling when it gets wet. I am not happy with this aquabord. As I wet the surface before applying paint, bubbles appeared everywhere. I added color and everywhere the bubbles were the paint would not adhere. It left light spots everywhere. I kept going, trying to make it work. It looked blotchy. I always scratch away paint with an xacto knife to create tree trunks. When I tried it the surface lifted, gouging the area down to bare wood. Paint would not cover it. I tried gouache. That would not cover it. Maybe if you are a better artist than I am this might be ok for you. No more aquabord for me.

Worked great for a watercolor class

I was doubtful the finish would actually work for watercolor but it does! It’s not the same as paper of course, takes a while to figure out how to achieve certain effects, but it’s very forgiving (you can take paint off it pretty easily), and it’s fun.I did the same painting on board and paper to compare. The version with brighter, more vibrant colors is the board. The other is Fluid cold press watercolor paper.Someone at Blick recommended using a sealant spray because paint can easily be lifted. Haven’t used it yet but I intend to.

For shumi painting with watercolors and ink what I did not like is how expensive it was really good product but very up and beyond expensive

Arrived in perfect condition and was pleased with the results using watercolour.

Good price

Adorei a plasticidade da superfície na absorção da tinta e a possibilidade de mudar e aplicar as cores .

Totalmente incrível pintar numa superfície como se fosse um afresco !!!!

Ho già recensito il prodotto che è ottimo. L’esperienza con gli acquerelli è diversa rispetto a quella a cui si è abituati con la carta ma, una volta che si capisce come usarli al meglio, questi pannelli creano dipendenza 😁 Buono anche il venditore. Certo, c’è ovviamente da aspettare ma purtroppo si tratta di un articolo che da noi non è ancora arrivato (praticamente sconosciuto nei negozi di belle arti). 👍👍👍👍