Cover art by local artist's Ryoko Tamura https://www.ryokotamuraninjaillustration.com/ and her intermittent partner in crime, Crooked Kingfisher CrookedKingfisherLinkTree
Cold Pressed Acid Free paper (also referred to as NOT/Fina grossa/CP) Cold-pressed watercolour paper is often called NOT (meaning not hot pressed) and has a slightly textured surface. It's the middle texture between smooth and rough.
Bockingford is a beautiful English watercolour paper, traditionally made on a cylinder mould machine at St Cuthberts Mill. This is a high quality paper made using pure materials to archival standards.
Its attractive surface is created using natural woollen felts that give it a distinctive random texture. Appreciated for its excellent colour lifting abilities. This is an extremely forgiving watercolour paper valued by professional and amateur artists around the world.