Bell Peppers (watercolor and crayon on yupo demonstration)

Here is a little demo on painting on Yupo synthetic paper. In this video, I use a wax crayon to outline the drawing and then paint in watercolor. Wax acts as a resist, resulting in almost white lines (unless you use a darker color crayon). Oil pastels also work, but they leave more pigment and a thicker line. For more of my work , please visit http://www.watercoloredhands.com

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[FlightlessWish]

What watercolors do you use?

[WatercoloredHands]

@FlightlessWish @FlightlessWish I have several kinds and brands...Here, it was most likely Yarka's 54 color set plus random Windsor & Newton and Daniel Smith tubes.

[EvolutionLIE]

nice work ! i think you should've stopped the painting @ 1.44....but nice work all the same : ) skillful

[WatercoloredHands]

@EvolutionLIE Yep, that could have worked! Most of us need somebody else behind our shoulders to tell us when to stop :)

[JennaForeverr]

Beautiful! simply gorgeous. love it, darlin', just love it! <3

[arxigene]

@riteasrain Thanks! Good luck and I hope you did find some Yupo and are enjoying it!

[arxigene]

@annebagby Thank you Ann! Yupo does tend to keep watercolor bright and saturated and the wax crayon helps with separating the colors from each other.

[annebagby]

Using the wax crayon was an interesting idea, I like the look with the bright colors and bold composition.

[riteasrain]

Lovely! I only just found out about yupo tonight and am intrigued. I'm hoping to find out where it's sold in Australia.

[EvolutionLIE]

@EvolutionLIE ...'distinct' not 'distant' : )

[EvolutionLIE]

@WatercoloredHands ..the eye is stimulated by seeing distant shapes / colour bands and when one 'overworks' an image those distinct separations are either reduced or lost. An extreme example is a splash of red on a white sheet. If you then fill the entire sheet with red that intensity of the initial 'splash of red' is lost.

certainly not a 'criticism' just an observation. i can see your mind tells your hand exactly what to do well with confidence, a sign of a good artist.