I decided to spend some of my birthday money on professional illustration board in order to test it with watercolors. I bought 5 sheets of Strathmore 500 lightweight illustration board and 5 sheets of Canon 300 illustration board.
I have to say I love the Strathmore. It has a nice feel, doesn't warp, and took the paint and techniques I use well. The Canon was ok. It's thicker than the other, harder to cut on my paper cutter, took colors well, but not great for watercolors. At least if I plan to do any of the rougher techniques. The paper peeled as I was trying to remove some color. It'll be fine for drawings and acrylic though.
The two bird paintings in this post were created on the Strathmore.
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