Steve I am in awe at what you create from your spontaneous painting. Especially on this occasion with the challenging surface. You never disappoint. Thank you. Very inspiring.
I think spontaneous painting is probably the way to go with this surface because I paint with no expectations and take what I'm given. A planned, drawn out painting would probably be more frustrating
I found that one can practice Yupo skills on photo paper for home printers. The surface is a similar -- you get sharp edges -- and it's a way to use up old paper.
Loved this video because it wasn't edited and makes a real change. Because you are such a fantastic artist you created a wonderful landscape, thank you for showing us.
Hi Steve. I absolutely loved that painting, also watching the way you played, and teased the paint, and the brush strokes will help me and many others out there. Thank You for taken the time to demonstrate with that unforgiving paper 🐶
Your excitement is contagious and there were several things you said that I love, "Maybe if I lay these brush strokes in a little less strokey and a little more organically." This lack of control and unpredictable nature of this paper is what the Yupo artists embrace! Actually, it could work for a beginner who either lacks or dislikes restraint and does not desire to paint realistically, loves to throw paint down and work with these wonderful exciting shapes forming, bringing out their own vision in the organic shapes. Your painting is full of "happy accidents" and it is one of the most beautiful I have ever seen, Steve. I absolutely enjoyed this from beginning to end. I love the unpredictable and organic nature of this product.
I totally agree, always fun to let unpredictability mix with more intended marks and touches of paint with the brushwork. Thanks for this video, Steve. I want to get some great yupo!
I didn’t think you were going to go anywhere. I’m astounded. Everyone I know does abstracts with alcohol inks. I’ve done them with watercolor and alcohol. This was a masterclass.
As a beginner without a clue, I became indeed frustrated with that 'polythingy paper' at first. Then I used a few sheets of a small size block as liner paper for my wooden travel palette. Gave me a cool mixing area without beading up. Then i tried it again for loose florals and worked my way slowly into that new experience. Now it has grown on me. But Arches will remain my mothership...
Aww, thanks so much Denise! That is so nice! Sometimes I think that watercolor is the magician and I'm the assistant! 😂 Which is part of the thinking behind the name for my channel.
I loved that you brought us along with you through the challenges and frustrations of Yupo paper. It was fun to watch you get angry and frustrated with this product but then at the same time to be excited about the way the paint moved on it and made all these really cool swirls and pictures in the final painting. I had a lot of fun hanging out with you!
I was mesmerized watching that painting develop and was awed by the finished piece. The right hand area put me in mind of Arthur Rackham's work, with all its beautiful roots and rocks tangled together.
I love the work you’ve done on Yupo paper and the very things that make it frustrating are also the things that draw me to it...the running and spotting and unpredictability. But I’ve yet to try it or any other paper for the most part. I’m one of those students who have all the tools possible, have taken all the online classes I”ve found and really want to paint and yet still don’t know where to start/what to paint. I understand Yupo isn’t for beginners but I think this video has convinced me to just do SOMETHING on this paper. It’s very exciting. Thank you. Paula
This was a joy to watch! From the beginning i was seeing a bear running away. The most you were working on it, adding trees and waterfall, the more I was seeing that bear running away with what is left of wild nature on it's back to preserve it somewhere. (hope this comment is making sens as I am french speaking) Love Yupo paper, and this demo was really great!
yep..one brave man to try this LIVE on youtube...appreciate your brave efforts always...and thanks...for giving us all the opportunity to give it a "go" so to speak!
Wow, your impromptu landscapes are always amazing! The waterfalls and the pools just the whole organic look but I guess that was kind of the object of the exercise. Beautiful!
I would love to see you use yupo paper more often! I haven't found anyone that uses it quite like you do and I'm absolutely in love with the finished result of this piece
I’ve tried Yupo but only for abstract work (think geode). As always, your work is so inspiring. What patience! One tip: work on Yupo needs a spray fixative just like pastels. Protect that dreamy scene with a topcoat. Thanks, Steve, love your channel.
Very beautiful. I love Yupo, it's always a surprise. I learned from my teacher that we have to be careful when we touch the paper, at least try to not put your fingers too much on the paper because the oil in our hands keep spots in the paper the paint won't stay on those spots, if I remember, to remove those spots you have to clean it with a bit of alcohol. Once that happens to me, but instead of cleaning it, I painted with my fingers and created a kind of smog, it was an happy accident 😊
Time spent with you, Steve, is never wasted. Thanks for this video using Yupo in a different way. I have used it with alcohol inks but this looks like a fun thing to try with it.
Gosh, Steve, fantastic! I haven't used Yupo in years. Yes, it's FUN, but extremely challenging. Yupo is perfect for your freestyle landscapes. I found what you did...once that base layer is down and you've added more here and there, realizing it was going to lift and do its own thing, that dabbing the details instead of pulling the brush through was the ticket. Absolutely LOVE this! Amazing job! Hope you framed it for yourself.
Just recently bought Yupo and I love it! Bought Taylor Ikin's Yupo video and it really helped me learn how to use it. Different than your video here so now I've learned even more! Thank you!!!
For the yupo. Put color on one sheet then put another yupo sheet of paper on it, the color will move then try to work with the result you will obtain when you will separe both sheet.
It just hit me. This would be an excellent vehicle to teach visualization of negative space. Since you lay the colors down and then you have to go around and lift off areas around the shapes you see to leave the positive shape. I haven't finished the video , I have to make dinner. But I have difficulty with negative space and this helps me see it. Hmmm. Worth trying! Thanks so much for your demo.
Hi Steve, really useful video. We can learn a lot from just watching and listening to your experimentation. I've learned loads more from your videos than any other wc uploader. A million thanks!
You don't really have to tape it down..as never buckles..as plastic..to remove finger prints..before use..I wipe with isopropol alcohol to clean from grease .!not really Expensive as wipes clean to 're use again !
Thank you for sharing this information on Yupo paper. I bought some sample pads to see if it would be good for Pen & Ink drawings. It is a challenge!🤬🤣 I loveyour painting it looks like a wonderful forest landscape on the back of a bear!
I’m so inspired with your bravery! I bought Yupo to try alcohol ink, so now I want to try my watercolors on it. I love impressionistic and abstract so I gotta try this. Worse that can happen is use alcohol and wipe the Yupo clean.....whoo hoo!
Lovely result! Very difficult to achieve the results you have managed by using traditional watercolour washes and dilute paint. Try using watercolour from tubes and mixing to thicker consistency, much more manageable, dries quicker (careful not to use hairdryer too hot otherwise Yupo may buckle). Use a moist brush on the dried paint using single stroke only and then lift by using tissue or kitchen roll and a soft sponge roller (kids paint roller). This applies a gentle pressure and lifts the pigment into the tissue. Using thicker paint and allowing different colours to merge you will learn which pigments tend to granulate and which are stronger and dominate the pool of colour.
I'm commenting as I watch you. I get so excited about Yupo, it's such an amazing paper. What you did, has me excited to try something besides an animal!
Just bought some Yupo paper today and then up comes your video...perfect timing. Very informative and the picture turned out beautifully Would be interested in seeing more of the same..thanks
When buying yupo in a sheet I pick the one from the middle of the stack because it's handled less,I use alcohol to clean if there a finger marks,tfs your technique.
This is incredible! You really work wonders with a brush, especially on a surface as ornery as this. I loved hearing your enthusiasm as you tested and discovered, and so I appreciate this video's loose format. I've got some sample sheets of Yupo that might just need to be played with, now. Thanks, Steve!
I bought Yupo years ago for a very specific application and painted on it with regular acrylic paints (Liquitex). I needed to paint an image that would then be installed on a ceiling. The Yupo was just fine for that job, I had no problem applying the first layers of acrylic but I should say that the style was controlled and meticulous for that piece of trompe l'oeil. I found that Yupo was Wonderful to draw on with graphite and colored pencil, though I haven't done a full picture with it. One of the awesome things is that you can erase without hurting the surface! I think watercolors are the Last thing I would use it for, but I can see how it would be fun for creating interesting backgrounds for ink drawing.
Really love your spontaneous painting, very beautiful colours coming out. In playing with yupo and watercolour I've found using lighter colours first (higher concentration of water) in a smaller area than anticipated and then going in with darker colours (low water concentration) gives a little more control as the lighter colours will pool against the thicker, dryer paint and it only pools back a little if you get the ratios right. I've also found with lots of water if you pat it down with a flat paper towel not bunched up, it will smooth out as it dries and be sort of like a flat wash. You really have to abandon traditional watercolour techniques to get any semblance of control but it's definitely fun.
I am amazed at how that became such an interesting wonderful piece, I really is beautiful and so abstract but I can pick out the trees, rocks, water, even before you defined them further.
This was so fun to watch you experiment with the yupo paper. I was amazed by the incredible beauty of the natural shapes and lines that were created by the first wash along with the spray. I enjoyed watching you create a lovely recognizable subject out of it. I don't think I will try yupo paper with watercolors at this point, but I might try it with colored pencils. They seemed to lay down so smoothly. Did you notice if the colored pencils could be layered on this paper? Thank you!
Thanks for the journey you took us on! I love how excited you were discovering all the textures you can get with Yupo. Those happy accidents are on of the reasons why I changed to watercolours from acrylics 2 years ago, and the excitement continues!
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Steve I am in awe at what you create from your spontaneous painting. Especially on this occasion with the challenging surface. You never disappoint. Thank you. Very inspiring.
I think spontaneous painting is probably the way to go with this surface because I paint with no expectations and take what I'm given. A planned, drawn out painting would probably be more frustrating
Wow! I am flabbergasted that you were able to create something so beautiful the first time using such a difficult medium. Kudos to you Steve.
I found that one can practice Yupo skills on photo paper for home printers. The surface is a similar -- you get sharp edges -- and it's a way to use up old paper.
Loved this video because it wasn't edited and makes a real change. Because you are such a fantastic artist you created a wonderful landscape, thank you for showing us.
No matter what you paint , it always turns out beautiful . This is no exception , love it Steve ! Thank you!
Hi Steve. I absolutely loved that painting, also watching the way you played, and teased the paint, and the brush strokes will help me and many others out there. Thank You for taken the time to demonstrate with that unforgiving paper 🐶
Your excitement is contagious and there were several things you said that I love, "Maybe if I lay these brush strokes in a little less strokey and a little more organically." This lack of control and unpredictable nature of this paper is what the Yupo artists embrace! Actually, it could work for a beginner who either lacks or dislikes restraint and does not desire to paint realistically, loves to throw paint down and work with these wonderful exciting shapes forming, bringing out their own vision in the organic shapes. Your painting is full of "happy accidents" and it is one of the most beautiful I have ever seen, Steve. I absolutely enjoyed this from beginning to end. I love the unpredictable and organic nature of this product.
@@CactusThorn Huh?
I totally agree, always fun to let unpredictability mix with more intended marks and touches of paint with the brushwork. Thanks for this video, Steve. I want to get some great yupo!
couldn't agree more 100% well said. Steve you are amazing
That was a nice adventure with you...thanks!
Wow! You can paint on ANYTHING! Gorgeous! Thanks Steve.
I didn’t think you were going to go anywhere. I’m astounded. Everyone I know does abstracts with alcohol inks. I’ve done them with watercolor and alcohol. This was a masterclass.
As a beginner without a clue, I became indeed frustrated with that 'polythingy paper' at first. Then I used a few sheets of a small size block as liner paper for my wooden travel palette. Gave me a cool mixing area without beading up. Then i tried it again for loose florals and worked my way slowly into that new experience. Now it has grown on me. But Arches will remain my mothership...
So beautiful. Thank you for all the fun wise videos Steve.
Absolutely lovely. 💯
You are a watercolor magician, Steve. Your patience is awe inspiring, and your connection to your medium and surfaces is admirable.
Aww, thanks so much Denise! That is so nice! Sometimes I think that watercolor is the magician and I'm the assistant! 😂 Which is part of the thinking behind the name for my channel.
Incredibly beautiful. Wow.
Yup, OH! You are fantastic!
I loved that you brought us along with you through the challenges and frustrations of Yupo paper. It was fun to watch you get angry and frustrated with this product but then at the same time to be excited about the way the paint moved on it and made all these really cool swirls and pictures in the final painting. I had a lot of fun hanging out with you!
I was mesmerized watching that painting develop and was awed by the finished piece. The right hand area put me in mind of Arthur Rackham's work, with all its beautiful roots and rocks tangled together.
Love Rackham!
Steve you are seriously the God of Watercolour
Thank you!!! Fascinating, exciting, informative, instructional and very generous. And a lovely painting to look at as well!
fantastic result, just love it!
“...but happy accidents. Try to let it do its thing! ...” Love it. I really like how your splatters made them work for you. Just great. Thanks!
It is so much fun to watch you paint this, and exciting to see the progression of the painting! It is a wonderful piece!! Thank you so much.
I love the work you’ve done on Yupo paper and the very things that make it frustrating are also the things that draw me to it...the running and spotting and unpredictability. But I’ve yet to try it or any other paper for the most part. I’m one of those students who have all the tools possible, have taken all the online classes I”ve found and really want to paint and yet still don’t know where to start/what to paint. I understand Yupo isn’t for beginners but I think this video has convinced me to just do SOMETHING on this paper. It’s very exciting. Thank you. Paula
A great imaginary is something good to have
Wow thank you so much, this is magical...
So much fun and lots of good tips! Mahalo.
Absolutely love this video. Gorgeous results.
I think this is one of the most informative art videos alive ever seen! Thank you!
One word...AMAZING!!!
I couldn't help but notice the piece with the tree trunk and roots - nice.
Thanks. Compared to Yupo, Aquabord is a dream and yet still more frustrating than standard watercolor paper.
Love u Steve! So helpful you are my favorite watercolor artist on RUclips!
Thanks so much for this demo! It gives me a new vision as to how I might use YUPO paper. Watercolor on YUPO definitely has 'a mind of its own'!!
Watercolor on plastic 😬 you always amaze me!
This was a joy to watch! From the beginning i was seeing a bear running away. The most you were working on it, adding trees and waterfall, the more I was seeing that bear running away with what is left of wild nature on it's back to preserve it somewhere. (hope this comment is making sens as I am french speaking) Love Yupo paper, and this demo was really great!
Amazing - I love it!
You're a brave man Steve.
yep..one brave man to try this LIVE on youtube...appreciate your brave efforts always...and thanks...for giving us all the opportunity to give it a "go" so to speak!
Wow, your impromptu landscapes are always amazing! The waterfalls and the pools just the whole organic look but I guess that was kind of the object of the exercise. Beautiful!
Thanks Richard!
I would love to see you use yupo paper more often! I haven't found anyone that uses it quite like you do and I'm absolutely in love with the finished result of this piece
I’ve tried Yupo but only for abstract work (think geode). As always, your work is so inspiring. What patience! One tip: work on Yupo needs a spray fixative just like pastels. Protect that dreamy scene with a topcoat. Thanks, Steve, love your channel.
I really enjoyed this and would enjoy seeing more off the cuff experimenting. Your enjoying of the magic of watercolor is contagious.
Wow, love what you created!
amazing...........turned out to be a fantastic scene.
What a beautiful painting and fantastic scene. I loved the commentary and your expression of excitement.
Very beautiful. I love Yupo, it's always a surprise.
I learned from my teacher that we have to be careful when we touch the paper, at least try to not put your fingers too much on the paper because the oil in our hands keep spots in the paper the paint won't stay on those spots, if I remember, to remove those spots you have to clean it with a bit of alcohol. Once that happens to me, but instead of cleaning it, I painted with my fingers and created a kind of smog, it was an happy accident 😊
Time spent with you, Steve, is never wasted. Thanks for this video using Yupo in a different way. I have used it with alcohol inks but this looks like a fun thing to try with it.
Gorgeous!!
Gosh, Steve, fantastic! I haven't used Yupo in years. Yes, it's FUN, but extremely challenging. Yupo is perfect for your freestyle landscapes. I found what you did...once that base layer is down and you've added more here and there, realizing it was going to lift and do its own thing, that dabbing the details instead of pulling the brush through was the ticket. Absolutely LOVE this! Amazing job! Hope you framed it for yourself.
Simply AMAZING!!! Love it!!
Fabulous!
I absolutely love absorbant ground. ❤️
Vraiment magnifique. Bravo...
I love this!! Love your videos. Thanks for sharing.
I am amazed
Your work is absolutely amazing.
Really like what you do and your instructions.
very insightful description of the paper surface texture
Fantastic! I just purchased some Yupo to try with watercolor. Or both acrylic and watercolor.
This is THE most awesome painting! 💜💜
Love it!
Watching you make this take shape was amazing!
Love this
Just recently bought Yupo and I love it! Bought Taylor Ikin's Yupo video and it really helped me learn how to use it. Different than your video here so now I've learned even more! Thank you!!!
For the yupo. Put color on one sheet then put another yupo sheet of paper on it, the color will move then try to work with the result you will obtain when you will separe both sheet.
I love your videos. They're funny and full of great information!
Nice painting. YUPO is challenging. I prefer watercolor paper.
It just hit me. This would be an excellent vehicle to teach visualization of negative space. Since you lay the colors down and then you have to go around and lift off areas around the shapes you see to leave the positive shape. I haven't finished the video , I have to make dinner. But I have difficulty with negative space and this helps me see it. Hmmm. Worth trying! Thanks so much for your demo.
BEAUTIFUL
Hi Steve, really useful video. We can learn a lot from just watching and listening to your experimentation. I've learned loads more from your videos than any other wc uploader. A million thanks!
You don't really have to tape it down..as never buckles..as plastic..to remove finger prints..before use..I wipe with isopropol alcohol to clean from grease .!not really Expensive as wipes clean to
're use again !
@@joyousruby2967 good tips
This just stunning! I love your work! To me, this has an ethereal quality to it.
BEAUTIFUL!!
So fascinating
Thank you for sharing this information on Yupo paper. I bought some sample pads to see if it would be good for Pen & Ink drawings. It is a challenge!🤬🤣 I loveyour painting it looks like a wonderful forest landscape on the back of a bear!
Wow! You should definitely do more videos like this, I learned so much ! That is one awesome painting!
I loooove your style
Thanks Steve for another informative video!
I’m so inspired with your bravery! I bought Yupo to try alcohol ink, so now I want to try my watercolors on it. I love impressionistic and abstract so I gotta try this. Worse that can happen is use alcohol and wipe the Yupo clean.....whoo hoo!
Lovely result! Very difficult to achieve the results you have managed by using traditional watercolour washes and dilute paint. Try using watercolour from tubes and mixing to thicker consistency, much more manageable, dries quicker (careful not to use hairdryer too hot otherwise Yupo may buckle). Use a moist brush on the dried paint using single stroke only and then lift by using tissue or kitchen roll and a soft sponge roller (kids paint roller). This applies a gentle pressure and lifts the pigment into the tissue. Using thicker paint and allowing different colours to merge you will learn which pigments tend to granulate and which are stronger and dominate the pool of colour.
I would love to see this done in Gouache, I think I will try that today as I have Yupo!!
Amazing results!
I had recently started using Yupo for a show and love it. Your landscape really added to how beautiful this paper is - thank!
Thanks Steve. Haven't tried it. Have some around. You make it tempting. As always, informative and enjoyable.
I'm commenting as I watch you. I get so excited about Yupo, it's such an amazing paper. What you did, has me excited to try something besides an animal!
Vraiment magnifique ! Bravo quel talent.
Just bought some Yupo paper today and then up comes your video...perfect timing. Very informative and the picture turned out beautifully Would be interested in seeing more of the same..thanks
Very interesting. Something to try.
When buying yupo in a sheet I pick the one from the middle of the stack because it's handled less,I use alcohol to clean if there a finger marks,tfs your technique.
This is incredible! You really work wonders with a brush, especially on a surface as ornery as this. I loved hearing your enthusiasm as you tested and discovered, and so I appreciate this video's loose format. I've got some sample sheets of Yupo that might just need to be played with, now. Thanks, Steve!
I love the description you give it, "ornery" - that's perfect!😊
really amazing! I can't wait to try Yupo.
Cool vid! I'd love to see you do another tree base with all the roots. Great detail work in that one!
Wow! I love this painting. I want to give it a try tomorrow. Would love to you use pencils on Yupo as well.
I bought Yupo years ago for a very specific application and painted on it with regular acrylic paints (Liquitex). I needed to paint an image that would then be installed on a ceiling. The Yupo was just fine for that job, I had no problem applying the first layers of acrylic but I should say that the style was controlled and meticulous for that piece of trompe l'oeil. I found that Yupo was Wonderful to draw on with graphite and colored pencil, though I haven't done a full picture with it. One of the awesome things is that you can erase without hurting the surface! I think watercolors are the Last thing I would use it for, but I can see how it would be fun for creating interesting backgrounds for ink drawing.
Gorgeous
Really love your spontaneous painting, very beautiful colours coming out. In playing with yupo and watercolour I've found using lighter colours first (higher concentration of water) in a smaller area than anticipated and then going in with darker colours (low water concentration) gives a little more control as the lighter colours will pool against the thicker, dryer paint and it only pools back a little if you get the ratios right. I've also found with lots of water if you pat it down with a flat paper towel not bunched up, it will smooth out as it dries and be sort of like a flat wash. You really have to abandon traditional watercolour techniques to get any semblance of control but it's definitely fun.
I am amazed at how that became such an interesting wonderful piece, I really is beautiful and so abstract but I can pick out the trees, rocks, water, even before you defined them further.
Yupo: the mixing palette you can frame! Gorgeous results though 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
This was so fun to watch you experiment with the yupo paper. I was amazed by the incredible beauty of the natural shapes and lines that were created by the first wash along with the spray. I enjoyed watching you create a lovely recognizable subject out of it. I don't think I will try yupo paper with watercolors at this point, but I might try it with colored pencils. They seemed to lay down so smoothly. Did you notice if the colored pencils could be layered on this paper? Thank you!
They can layer a bit, yes.
Thanks for the journey you took us on! I love how excited you were discovering all the textures you can get with Yupo. Those happy accidents are on of the reasons why I changed to watercolours from acrylics 2 years ago, and the excitement continues!
Fascinating. Thank you.
Wonderful! I think you can declare - "veni, vidi, vici"! 👏 Hope you get a chance to try this again. Thanks Steve.
Goals! I’m a watercolor newbie. Love all your videos and the knowledge you impart.