How the Right Surface Influences Your Watercolor
Like any medium, watercolor requires particular surfaces for smooth paint application. Here are a few ways the surface you use influences the result:
- Absorbency: Surfaces used for watercolor paint must take in some water while allowing colors to flow and blend on the surface.
- Texture: The look of the brush strokes can change based on surface texture. Typically, artists seek a medium texture to create visual interest without obscuring the details.
- Vibrancy: High-quality surfaces make colors pop, allowing for more effective layering to build pigment in particular areas.
- Longevity: A suitable surface can keep your work intact without yellowing or deteriorating, so your art lasts decades.
- Style: The final look of an art piece may vary based on the surface used. Some create a more traditional style, while others are more modern.
- Ease: Depending on your chosen surface, you may find it easier to create your desired art and correct mistakes as you go.
Premium Watercolor Boards
The ideal watercolor surface allows you to seamlessly create stunning works of art by laying down washes of color, blending and adding detail work. Trekell offers various surfaces that enable you to achieve these effects.
Wood
Our wood panels use B/BB grade Baltic birch, providing a professional, durable surface. Many of our options are raw, meaning they have no treatment. You can prepare the wood with your desired techniques, such as a watercolor ground. Shape options include ellipses, circles and rectangles. We even offer floater panels with a built-in frame feature.
Add convenience to your watercolor painting with Baltic birch panels that have cold-press watercolor paper adhered to the substrate. The paper is 100% cotton, acid-free and 300 gsm, making it an ideal surface for watercolor. We offer this watercolor panel in six sizes, ranging from 4x6 to 11x14 inches.
Aluminum Composite
Aluminum composite offers an exceptionally smooth and modern-looking substrate for your watercolor artwork. We provide raw aluminum panels, allowing you to add your chosen watercolor paper to the surface. Choose from sizes ranging from 4x6 to 16x20 inches.
Sustainability Meets Creativity
At Trekell, we focus on advancing sustainability in our production process and the artistic products we create. Our sustainable mindset focuses on preserving resources for you and artists to come. Beyond pushing for sustainability, we introduce cutting-edge design and construction into every product, including watercolor painting boards, to give you the best products for watercolor art and beyond. Our woman-owned and majority woman-operated company has served the art community for almost 40 years.
Let Inspiration Flow
Our watercolor panels give you a quality surface to create unexpected and stunning work. Browse our watercolor canvas boards to find the ideal surface for your project. Want to save on future purchases? Sign up for Bristle Bucks to earn points you can redeem for discounts.
