the first layer of soft gel gloss and kaolin clay mixture and allowing it to dry and applying a layer of absorbent watercolor ground to the kaolin clay layer application_number US 3071208 A description throughout the following description specific details are set forth in order to provide a more thorough understanding to persons skilled in the art however well known elements may not have been shown or described in detail to avoid unnecessarily obscuring the disclosure accordingly the description and drawings are to be regarded in an illustrative rather than a restrictive sense the objective pursued by the inventors was to develop a watercolor painting polymer surface that would readily absorb water color pigments could not be easily removed and would not require protection by glass this involved discovering compounds and a method whereby the polymer painting surface could be adapted to readily absorb watercolor pigments similar to traditional watercolor paper without loss of pigment brightness and color a further objective was to create a watercolor pigment absorbing surface that would have ultra violet protection so that there would be no need to frame the watercolor painting under glass there is currently on the market a product called yupo u2122 watercolor paper it is not in fact a cellulose fibre based paper but is a painting surface created of non woven extruded polypropylene fibres as such the watercolor pigment when applied to the non woven polypropylene fibre surface is not absorbed but simply.