Canson - Montval Watercolor Roll
Montval Watercolor Roll
Professional cold press watercolor paper that survives aggressive reworking
Paint murals, create continuous landscape studies, or cut custom sizes for specific compositions without wasting material.
Natural cotton fibers absorb water evenly, preventing the pooling and backruns that plague cheaper papers. Montval maintains dimensional stability even when saturated, so your washes dry flat rather than buckling into hills and valleys. Internal sizing ensures pigments sit on the surface long enough for manipulation before bonding to the fibers. This gives you control over blooms, gradients, and wet-in-wet effects.
The cold press tooth holds enough pigment for rich darks while still allowing smooth gradations in lighter values. Artists working in transparent watercolor, gouache, or ink wash find this surface responsive without being finicky. Cut what you need, work at the scale your subject demands, and know the paper will support your technique from first wash to final details.
PRODUCT INFORMATION
- Cold press texture ideal for watercolor
- Mould-made French paper construction
- Withstands scraping, erasing, repeated washes
- Works beautifully with all wet media
- Available in roll format
- Also offered in sheets, pads, boards
