SUNFLOWER FUN
Watercolor on Yupo - 11x17
Painting with watercolor on Yupo is SO much fun! Yupo is a plastic paper that is used mostly for printing. The slick surface allows the watercolor paints to retain their brilliant color and provides for a loose, impressionistic painting style.
I first used an
oil pastel to loosely and quickly draw the sunflowers, stems and leaves. Next. I applied bold color to the sunflower, leaves and background and then placed
plastic wrap on the wet paint to create fun texture. When all was dry, I removed the plastic and used darker paint to further define the sunflower centers, petals and leaves. It is hard to control the paint on such a slick surface so you are constantly getting unexpected results, but that is what makes it so fun!
