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Just wondering if any one else on the forum has ever used Yupo paper ?
I was given a piece several years ago and it sat in a drawer...I then had a go .
It's very smooth and shiny not unlike photographic paper the glossy type.
I started experimenting on it with water colours and really enjoyed it .
I discovered I could spray it with a water spray and just let colour run around and merge...I could paint " normally" and somehow if added depth.
The real fun one is to paint an all over cover let it dry then work into it eith clean water or use cotton buds to take out colour, as I'm my snow drops. Then work on top once more adding detail with a pen or fine brush..
I have done a few demos with local art groups and the bit they like is when I tell then if they don't like it ,they can just wash it off ..
It is also fixable with a gentle spray. I enjoy it.
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Sylvia, I bought some years ago but haven’t really got on with it - it’s like painting on plastic, the paint is difficult to control and takes ages to dry. On the plus side, the colours stay nice and bright and, as you’ve said, provided you’ve not used staining colours, the paint can be wiped off easily either to start again or for bringing back white areas. It works really well for you, you’ve produced some lovely paintings with it, particularly with the addition of the pen work. This is the only (watercolour) painting I managed to finish using it. I’ve tried a few times since, but have given up, at least for now.
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by Jenny Harris
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I did a class just over a year ago with Yupo and alcohol inks, great fun to use, but lethal if you have any health/breathing concerns ( the inks not the paper obviously!), so I haven’t used the inks since. I had put the paper away and more or less forgot about it. Maybe it’s an idea for now, must dig it out.
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by Tessa Gwynne
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I did do one another which I’d forgotten about, but wasn’t trying to paint anything in particular, just playing around to see what effects you could get - this is watercolour with a little white acrylic ink. I’ve not used alcohol inks, but imagine that, like acrylic inks, they’re permanent when dry, whereas watercolour you can keep adding and wiping off - in fact, if you’re a fiddler like me, you could carry on working on one painting for ever! I like I the effect you get with the alcohol inks, though - Tessa, that first one of yours is lovely, especially the colours.
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by Jenny Harris