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Author: Carly_Clements, Contributing Editor
| Painting on Yupo can be a challenge! a fun experience! or a good reason to pour a glass of wine and chill out!! I think that during my first painting on yupo, I experienced all three, but after a couple of experiments, I found that yupo can be fun and exciting especially when using watercolors and allowing the paint to do all the work. Yupo is a type of synthetic paper used primarily in the printing industry since it takes inks and holds with a razor sharp edge. It resists tearing and tattering, is a bright white in color, very durable, and highly resistant. For more information, check out www.yupo.com. This article will show how I used some experimental techniques with plastic wrap, masking fluid (frisket), rock salt, painting negative shapes to create positive forms, and pure luck! to create "Spirit of Stone Mountain". |
| The colors used for this painting are not as important as the process so I won't linger over every paint name. You might choose an entirely different color scheme. The main thing to ask yourself when considering color is, "Do I want to break away from my color comfort zone and try new combinations?" You will notice in this painting I used many of my old favorites when doing florals, but the painting itself is not floral! I didn't allow the colors used to dictate the subject matter....I allowed the images in the process to lead me. You can do the same. |
 | Yupo does not buckle when wet! Here you see my sheet of yupo lying on a white piece of foamcore. You can tape the edges if you choose but I like to rotate my paper without moving my support board. I work with an elevated edge so that the paint will flow as I drop the color onto the yupo. I also lift the support and turn the paper in different directions to help the paint to intermingle. I've covered this wet into wet paint with plastic wrap creating shapes with my fingertips. |
| It's important to leave the plastic in place once you achieve patterns you find pleasing. Lifting it will cause the paint to smudge and the edges won't be as clearly defined. Notice in this closeup how the paint collects into the crevices and under the plastic shapes. |  |
| With Yupo, I don't find it necessary to weight the paper for drying, but you might want to cover your work to avoid the plastic from 'blowing' off the painting before it's completely dry! and no peeking before its dry! Leave your work overnight...start a new watercolor...or reorganize the studio! Mine always needs that...lol! |
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