I did paint a series of three watercolor and mixed media flowers on yupo paper for the anonymous Art show. They are painted on Yupo paper mounted on board. Here are some pictures of the steps I took.
The Anonymous Art Show is a yearly event organized by the North Vancouver Community Arts Council. Here are the rules:
All works in that exhibition have to be painted on an 8 x 8 inches panel or canvas,
They are all priced at 100 dollars
They are signed at the back so you don’t know who painted the Artwork when you buy it.
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Yupo is a compelling and unique alternative to traditional art papers. It’s a synthetic paper, machine-made in the USA of 100% polypropylene. It is waterproof, stain resistant, and extremely strong and durable. PH neutral.
I selected only four colors for the backgrounds so they don’t end up with too many colors and a tye-dye look.
I end up with three abstract backgrounds. Yupo paper is working great for this technique as the paint dries with lots of textures on that paper.
Next step is finding shapes in the abstract background. On Yupo paper I like to use graphite.
Then I am blocking in the negative space with white acrylic.
I am painting a layer of acrylic on some areas to introduce more color variety.
Next step is adding patterns on the painting with pen and fluid Acrylics.
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The finished paintings:
In Hanoi, mixed media on yupo paper mounted on board, 8 x 8 inches
In Melbourne, mixed media on yupo paper mounted on board, 8 x 8 inches
In Stockholm, mixed media on yupo paper mounted on board, 8 x 8 inches
Originally from France, I have been living in North Vancouver, Canada for the past 20 years.
My work has been collected and exhibited extensively in Canada and internationally. I am also part of the Art Rentals and sales program of the Vancouver Art Gallery.
Many of my paintings have been published in Art books and magazines (Artist Magazine, Watercolor Artist Magazine, Acrylic Magazine, International Artist Magazine). I wrote 2 art instruction books with North Light/F+W Books.
I have been writing for the last 5 years for my blog: paintingdemos.com, that has a mailing list of about 10 000 subscribers and about 20 000 visitors per month.
I am an active member in the community, as a co-founder of the North Shore Art crawl, a co-founder of a weekly life drawing group, a board member of the North Vancouver Arts Council, and have been invited as a juror for public art, art grants and juried exhibitions. You can read more about my collaborations here.
Thanks Kathleen, I am glad you looked at my site for inspiration 🙂
Amy Maricle
What a lovely technique! I do something similar with tissue paper painting. I love your incorporation of pattern more purposefully here too. Very nice.
I love your work. It is very inspiring to go through your many tutorials, very well done. I tried your technique with a watercolor background. When I painted over it with acrylic paint it started to lift off. Did you spray it first with a final fixative spray before painting the acrylic? I ended up scumbling watercolors over the white acrylic which I really liked. Thanks so much for sharing your marvelous talents!!!
Thanks Liz:)
Yes if you don’t want the watercolor to mix with acrylic, you can either spray it with fixative or paint with gel medium on top.
I also like when the watercolor is mixing up a bit with the acrylic. What you can also do is let that first layer dry and then paint another one on top if you want a whiter color. The first layer of acrylic will “fix” the watercolor.
Donna
Thank you for posting your demos. I find your work inspiring!
Traci
I love your stuff. I’ve been finding myself looking at your page at least once a week, just because I love your art. Hopefully next time I’m in your neck of the woods I will get up to Vancouver and take one of your workshops, but I feel I’ve learned so much from your website already. Thank you for sharing so much of your technique.
Love your panels – and thanks for sharing how to mount Yupo! I’ve not tried that yet, but maybe I will now.
We have a similar fund-raiser show called “Lions Heart” every February here in the Town of Truckee, CA at Riverside Studios gallery. We get 12″ x 12″ panels to paint on in whatever medium we choose. We can paint up to 3 panels per artist, no framing, and we do sign them on the front. They get sold at $100 each, with $50 going to High Fives Foundation, $50 to the artist, unless the artist decides to donate the full amount. The show is up for the month of February, and raises lots of money for a worthy cause (rehabilitation of injured athletes – being a ski-sport “mecca” we have lots of those here.)
Thanks Eva for your comment.
Yes, this is exactly the same fundraising model and it is very successful here too. I like it because there is something for everyone in that model, the Artists gets a bit if revenue while helping a good cause, the gallery visitors get original Art at a very reasonable price and the fundraising is very efficient.
Let me know how mounting yupo works for you Unfortunately I don’t think you can share pictures in the comment but you can share a link to pictures.
Comments (18)
Beth Figiel
Absolutely soul inspiring. Haven’t painted in 2 years, this got me interested. Thank you!
Sandrine
Thanks Beth! I am very happy to know that you got back to painting 🙂
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Kathleen Abley
I found your site tonight while searching for inspiration. Your work is beautiful. Thank you so much for sharing.
Sandrine Pelissier
Thanks Kathleen, I am glad you looked at my site for inspiration 🙂
Amy Maricle
What a lovely technique! I do something similar with tissue paper painting. I love your incorporation of pattern more purposefully here too. Very nice.
Amy
Sandrine Pelissier
Thanks Amy! I would be curious to see what you are doing either tissue paper. Do you have a link with pictures?
Sandy McCall
Fabulous! Just FABULOUS!
Sandrine Pelissier
Thanks you so much Sandy 🙂
veronica
I’m just starting to use yupo and find it interesting and challenging. Thanks for your creative input!
Sandrine Pelissier
Thanks Veronica 🙂
Liz F.
I love your work. It is very inspiring to go through your many tutorials, very well done. I tried your technique with a watercolor background. When I painted over it with acrylic paint it started to lift off. Did you spray it first with a final fixative spray before painting the acrylic? I ended up scumbling watercolors over the white acrylic which I really liked. Thanks so much for sharing your marvelous talents!!!
Sandrine Pelissier
Thanks Liz:)
Yes if you don’t want the watercolor to mix with acrylic, you can either spray it with fixative or paint with gel medium on top.
I also like when the watercolor is mixing up a bit with the acrylic. What you can also do is let that first layer dry and then paint another one on top if you want a whiter color. The first layer of acrylic will “fix” the watercolor.
Donna
Thank you for posting your demos. I find your work inspiring!
Traci
I love your stuff. I’ve been finding myself looking at your page at least once a week, just because I love your art. Hopefully next time I’m in your neck of the woods I will get up to Vancouver and take one of your workshops, but I feel I’ve learned so much from your website already. Thank you for sharing so much of your technique.
Sandrine Pelissier
Thanks Traci!!
Eva S. Nichols
Love your panels – and thanks for sharing how to mount Yupo! I’ve not tried that yet, but maybe I will now.
We have a similar fund-raiser show called “Lions Heart” every February here in the Town of Truckee, CA at Riverside Studios gallery. We get 12″ x 12″ panels to paint on in whatever medium we choose. We can paint up to 3 panels per artist, no framing, and we do sign them on the front. They get sold at $100 each, with $50 going to High Fives Foundation, $50 to the artist, unless the artist decides to donate the full amount. The show is up for the month of February, and raises lots of money for a worthy cause (rehabilitation of injured athletes – being a ski-sport “mecca” we have lots of those here.)
Sandrine Pelissier
Thanks Eva for your comment.
Yes, this is exactly the same fundraising model and it is very successful here too. I like it because there is something for everyone in that model, the Artists gets a bit if revenue while helping a good cause, the gallery visitors get original Art at a very reasonable price and the fundraising is very efficient.
Let me know how mounting yupo works for you Unfortunately I don’t think you can share pictures in the comment but you can share a link to pictures.