Great class Chris!  I have been wanting to do a few more sketching type classes so this was great at this time.  I used hot press paper and it was not 100% cotton, so it was very difficult to paint on doing the Koi & Interior Design painting.  I’m not that fast with wet on wet, and the paper dried as soon as I put the color on in the couch painting.  I didn’t do much wet on wet painting the Koi, so it was a little easier. I also used some older watercolor paper that is not 100% cotton for the polar bear and it really buckled.  

Regardless of the paper, I had fun and these were great practice.  I liked how the Koi turned out, so I think I might try them again on quality paper. Question:  Do you usually use hot or cold press for your sketching/watercolor projects, and is the paper 100% cotton?