1. OBJECT: Learn how to create unique watercolor textures with plastic wrap.

2.  MATERIALS USED: Arches CP #140 watercolor paper, a 1½" Winsor & Newton Series 965 wash brush, plastic food wrap. COLORS USED: Pthalocyanine Blue, Sap Green.

3.  Start by mixing a large wash of Cobalt Blue and laying in a large loose wash from the upper left corner on across the top of the paper. Use a wide, flat brush for the color washes. In this illustration a 1-1/2 inch wash brush is used.

4.  Finish the underpainting with Sap Green, spreading things around in interesting shapes. Measure off a piece of plastic wrap by sight, rip it off the roll, and spend a minute trying to un-cling it from itself.

5.  Roughly shape the sheet with your hands and press it into the wet washes. P ull the plastic sheet out a bit to cover the whole wash.

6.  Spend a few seconds playing with the shapes. Make some raised, flat, and stretched areas in the plastic. You do have some control over the final outcome at this point, so take your time. Set it aside to dry flat and undisturbed.

7.  This effect can be used with other painting media as well (in particular, acrylics). The effect always gives surprises and is startlingly beautiful to look at.

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