Let your creative instincts take over with the Arches oil painting pad. Each sheet is made of 100Percent cotton on a cylinder mold and has a soothing white shade. Its fine grain texture adds character to your artwork. You can use this 140-pound cold press paper to create marouflage paintings with your choicest oil paints and pastels. This acid-free, 300 GSM Arches oil pad has sheets that resemble a stretched canvas. They do not need preparation before use. Your paints remain on the surface of these sheets and dry quickly, as each sheet is semi-absorbent. 12 sheets 12 in x 16 in contains alkaline reserve without optical brightening agents (adheres to ISO 9706) .