Painting
YUPO* is a synthetic paper. This paper was developed for outside advertising and of course it was discovered by artists. In traditional water color painting the paper soaks up the paint — but with YUPO paper the paint pigment sets on top of the paper — which has advantages and disadvantages.
One of the shipboard disadvantages is that the completed painting will need to be protected — with a fixative spray and perhaps an acrylic protective cover. Plus the watercolor painting will need to be protected from . . . yep — water. Sheets of YUPO can be placed behind a settee in the salon of the sailboat. Settee sounds so yachtie, sort of like Galley. Someone once said that the KITCHEN on a boat is called a Galley so that the cook won’t guess that he/she is being turned into a Galley Slave. The Settee is just the center of the boat where the crew and passengers can sit down and eat or just relax. When the boat is underway and rocking and rolling — standing for long periods of time down below isn’t much of an option.
YUPO can also be used with water colors and other media, including water friendly oils.
Sources of more information including DVD workshops:
DVD workshops: http://ccpvideos.com/previews
Taylor Ikin, Dancing with YAPO Watercolor & synthetic Paper.
George James, Mastering YAPO: Techniques for Synthetic Paper, The Artistic Process on YUPO Paper, & Designing for Content.
YUPO Artist Website:
http://www.patkamerath.com
Gallery: http://www.patkamerath.com/G-AllGalleries-gallery/index.html
http://arielfreeman.blogspot.com/
http://www.artbyariel.com/WatercolorOnYupo_gallery.html
http://arielfreeman.blogspot.com/2009/06/painting-on-yupo-workshop-day-2.html
http://arielfreeman.blogspot.com/2009/06/painting-on-yupo-workshop-day-3.html
Information about YUPO:
http://www.squidoo.com/PaintingOnYupo
* YUPO® is a registered trademark of Yupo Corporation America
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