My initial thoughts before starting to use Yupo Paper When you have completed a piece remember to spray the surface of the Yupo paper with a matt clear varnish or finishing spray so that the work will remain stable. Yupo has an extra smooth surface and can be used with a combination of media, including watercolours, alcohol ink, acrylic paint, monotype, offset printing, debossing oil pastel, graphite and silkscreen. This paper easily resists tearing or buckling meaning there is no need to stretch or treat in any way before you start work. The slick papers can be a great starting point for a variety of media and are designed for backlit applications with the combined strength of having excellent light diffusion. Yupo is also available in a lighter translucent version that will help you see colour from a new perspective.
This process means that Yupo paper is exceptionally strong, opaque and has an incredibly smooth surface. Yupo is made from heated polypropylene pellets which are then extruded to form the base and surface layers of the paper, These layers are stretched to create a dimensionally storable and biaxial-orientated substrate. Yupo Paper is available in sheets and pads and also now available as a Sample Pack How it’s manufactured There are three different types of Yupo Paper, Translucent, Medium & Heavy. Because it can be wiped clean you have the option to return to specific areas and redo them until they meet your standards, or to build up layers of paint using a similar technique to the one used with oil painting.
The super smooth surface allows you to build up nuances and patterns that would normally be impossible to achieve on traditional watercolour and drawing paper. It is completely waterproof, stain-resistant and has become a unique and intriguing alternative to traditional art papers due to its strength and lifting properties.
#Yupo translucent paper free#
Yupo is a non-porous, acid free and pH neutral, synthetic paper which is machine made in the USA from 100% polypropylene. After reading the description of the paper, that it is non-porous, waterproof and stain-resistant, as a watercolourist I was intrigued to say the least! We had quite a few questions via social media with regard to how the paper performs and what it’s like to work on so I thought I’d take the time to review it and look at its strengths and weaknesses. Jackson’s introduced Yupo Paper a couple of months ago to our range of papers for watercolour and mixed media.