Big paper, big texture, big drama. The Art Spectrum A3 Rough Cotton Watercolour Pad is made for sweeping landscapes, wild coastlines and stormy skies, where a bold surface and a large sheet work together.

Fifteen sheets of 300gsm, 100% cotton at A3 (297 x 420mm). The pronounced rough texture shows at its best on a big sheet, where granulation and broken colour become part of the composition.

The Surface for Statement Pieces

On a small sheet, rough paper adds charm. On A3 it adds atmosphere. Sweep a big brush across the page and the texture creates broken highlights you could never paint deliberately. Granulating colours settle into the hollows like real sand and stone. This is the paper for paintings that need presence on a wall.

Art Spectrum developed the paper with the Magnani mill in Italy, a mill on the Pescia River with a long tradition of artists' papers. It is cylinder mould made and double sized, and the pads are made in Melbourne.

Why Rough A3 Makes an Impact

• Presence on the wall. Texture and scale together create real drama.
• Room for bold technique. Splatter, salt and dry brush need space to work.
• Built for finished work. Acid free, archival cotton for framing and selling.
• Plant based sizing. Sized internally with a plant based size, with a synthetic tub size on top.

How to Handle a Big Rough Sheet

Tape the sheet firmly to a board on all four sides. Mix far more paint than you expect, because rough texture drinks it. Work from big shapes to small, using a large flat or mop for skies and water, and save the darkest accents for the very end.

To build a landscape kit, add a couple of big brushes from our watercolour brushes and a few granulating colours from our watercolour paints.

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