I was always reluctant to try watercolor. As I said before, it is just about the most unforgiving medium there is. But somehow, one day I came across Yupo.
It was less expensive than normal good watercolor paper so I looked it up. Most opinions I found online were along the lines of: Ew, this plastic thing gives you no control whatsoever, stuff takes forever to dry and it’s just not suited for watercolors at all.
Ok. I still thought it was cool because I had read somewhere how it let you “erase” watercolor. That sounded much less intimidating that regular watercolor paper. I looked up the company, and apparently this paper-thin plastic was developed for sturdy brochures and menus. It almost looks like they sent it off in a packet that said “Watercolor Paper, synthetic paper, save trees!” just to see if it would sell.
However I found Rachael Rossman, who actually said good things about it. I enjoy her work, probably because she mostly paints pets. She raves about the paper, in fact it seems it is the only thing she will ever paint on. So I decided to give it a try.
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| 9x11 watercolor on Yupo |
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