Oohhh!! That really explains a great deal about why I'm having so much difficulty with this one, I even thought that I was devolving in my watercolour skills. I guess the other one that I've been using is a smooth paper, this is what they describe as hot or cold press, is it? It doesn't say it anywhere on the pad though so I'm only guessing.
Thank you so much for the explanation, Ally. That is really awesome and it helps me a lot understanding the difference of strength and weakness between the paper <3.