Nice Video ;-). I pay a lot of attention to the surface of a paper because I don't like this grid structure that many papers have. I like torchon the most, so it looks like the structure of a fine grain paper has been enlarged and flattened. Matt, I also like its like a finer version of torchon. Unfortunately, torchon paper are very rare. I really like the Clairfontaine Fontaine in Cloudy, which is unfortunately very expensive and that's why I often use the cheaper Etival paper which unfortunately does not have a Cloudy / Torchon surface and the surface of the other types is also different to the surface of the Fontaine papers. I did not notice any really different behavior when painting, only the difference from the surfaces. What bothers me with some papers is that the color is lumpy on it as if the paper was broken from the paint application and when dry, these small clumps of color dissolve, and it is even. It annoys me while painting, because I often use different paper, and it can be that I use a paper where that happens on it, again after a month and have forgotten this behavior in the meantime. This happens on rather thick, softer papers, where some watercolor paint is soaked in and dries more slowly. I should see if it also occurs with other papers, I had it yesterday at the Fabriano Artistico in 300g fine grain. I added my own self-made watercolors to an old color chart and that's when I noticed it.

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I'm not familiar with Torchon or the Clairfontaine paper. Where are they made? Personally, I use either Arches, Saunders Waterford or Winsor-Newton papers. I live in Korea, so it's not easy to find some other brands.