Blotting
tissue You can crumple
up a tissue and blot wet paint off a sky to creat clouds. You
need to do this quickly, before the paint has a chance to dry.
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Matboard
edges You can use matboard
or cardboard edges to "stamp" lines onto your paper. Make
a big puddle of fairly dense color, put the edge of the matboard
into the puddle, then stamp onto paper.
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Paint
Spatters You can spatter
paint, either by shaking a round brush loaded with paint (big
spatters) or by flicking (with your thumb) a toothbrush loaded
with paint.
Be careful, the spatter can go everywhere,
so make sure you cover areas of your painting (with old matboard
or cardboard) where you don't want the spatter to go.
After
spattering paint, you can modify the result with a brush with clear
water or blot with tissue to soften the effect
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Salt It
can be fun to experiment with salting your wet paint...once the
paint is dry, remove the salt. You can get
some interesting textural effects.
Note: Salt
may cause long-term moisture problems on paper, perhaps even
resulting in mildew, so this application is best reserved for
short-term art, like greeting cards, etc.
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Scratches
on paint (2) Some brushes
come with a plastic "scratching" edge on the handle
tip. Or you can use something like a plastic picnic knife.
Apply your paint first, and then let it sit for a minute
or two, then gently scratch some texture into the damp paint. It
takes time to figure out exactly how long to wait...if you scratch
too soon, the scratch tends to disapper right after you make it.
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Sponge
dragged on paper Dip
a dry natural sponge into a puddle of paint, then drag on the paper.
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Sponge Dip
a dry natural sponge into a puddle of paint, then stamp onto the
paper. You can modify the effect with a brush of clear water
or by blotting with tissue (or even spraying with water).
The
sponge stamp can give a nice texture to flowers, foliage or bushes.
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Spray You
can spray water onto applied wet paint to get a interesting textural
effect. In this example, the paint was almost dry when I sprayed
the water.
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