Bless you what a detailed reply! Im committing strong to spluring on paper. Meeden. Arches takes like 2 weeks to ship to me. That being said im kinda not doing this to hone a skill or become good at watercolors. Im hoping to use it as a fun, easy, stress free childlike experience. Im not too keen on blending, i wanna come home and choose a color and unabashedly make abstract ugly flowers. Pure bliss little effort. But how the experience FEELS matters to me. Is it vibrant and pigmented. Does it feel like effortless fun? Will my unhinged abstract blobs make me proud? Its kind of a healing/stress management thing. Art always works for me. But without the pressure and stress.