Comments about Yupo Watercolor Paper:

The Yupo paper arrived in great shape. I use it with watercolor. It does interesting things when applied at random.

Comments about Yupo Watercolor Paper:

I think Yupo brings out the best aspects of the watercolor medium, or watermedia. Things like the bleeding and blending color. And the brilliance of the color since the pigment doesn't soak into the surface, as compared to regular watercolor paper.

If one likes to paint sort of slow and methodically, with lots of glazes, you might not find yupo enjoyable. But if you can be a little freer, and a little looser, Yupo will not dissapoint. The results can be better than anticipated. And if you don't like something, you just wipe it off and start over.

Comments about Yupo Watercolor Paper:

I use Yupo with watercolor and I love it. It responds in a way completely different from traditional cotton rag paper. The paint flows freely and preserves saturated color. I prefer to work in one wash to avoid mud and smudging - and Yupo makes it very easy, as the paint stays wet for quite a long time.

Pros:
-paper stays completely flat throughout the painting process
-color stays saturated and bright when dry
-all the interesting effects you can achieve!

Cons:
-Yupo is extremely sensitive to any at all grease. While this can be used to create nice effects in the painting, I was a little disappointed to see my own fingerprints all over the paintings. You do need to be tidy when working on Yupo.

-layering of paint, while still an option, doesn't work quite like it would on cotton paper. The underlying layer tends to smudge and mix with the new one

Comments about Yupo Watercolor Paper:

Yupo paper is so smooth! THE smoothest I have ever used! Which is what I have been looking for,for YEARS! I use pencils and I HATE while shading seeing the texture of the paper. It makes it look rough! But with Yupo, its like drawing on glass! My artwork has never looked better and I am now spoiled and will ONLY use YUPO in ALL my future work. FANTASTIC product people, I give it my HIGHEST recommendations!

Comments about Yupo Watercolor Paper:

This "paper" may be good for printing but it's not good for watercolor. Imagine painting on glossy poster board you picked up from CVS and that's the experience you'll have.

Drawing on it is fine but you will be able to tell where you've erased. I might recommend if you use this paper use it for offset printing or painting with acrylic if you're experimenting but NOT watercolor. Go with something that isn't synthetic. This will be the first and last time I work with Yupo paper I'll never use it again I'm stuck with it for now since I've started a project already hopefully I can power through it and produce a good product regardless of this underwhelming paper.

Comments about Yupo Watercolor Paper:

I use Yupo exclusively for my watercolor portraits. It's versatile and allows you to change your work, unlike traditional watercolor paper. The synthetic nature of the paper provides unique opportunities for texture and color layering.

Comments about Yupo Watercolor Paper:

What fun!