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Spatter from toothbrush, lightly over-brushed with a damp brush:.         

   
            This is a painting that uses one primary color surrounded by earth tones.  The balloon catches a bit of the light, and the bright bush came as a bit of a surprise when scrubbing with a paper towel pilled the soaked watercolor paper. A light green brushing gave it some semblance of reality.  The lines near the bottom and the string holding the balloon were imprinted on the paper with an empty ballpoint pen, over-painted with indigo, and wiped.  All but the lines were removed. 

These are examples of quinacridone paints.  As you dilute them, they keep their color for a long time.  

This is another example of toothbrush spattering with a touch of over-brushing.  This could go a lot of directions.

This is a demo of roughing up the paper to show something that has been roughed up - the white strip of light in the foreground was roughened by scrubbing with a Fritch Scrubber from Cheap Joe's Art Stuff.  You can make a scrubber by taking your least useful brush, laying it on a cutting board, and cutting the fibers to 1/8-1/4" length with the chop of a knife.

This is a demo of the Zoltan Szabo method of using a palette knife to paint watercolor.  A little water got spilled on it in a subsequent class, but you may get some idea of the fun it can be.  You get a lot done quickly.

 

This painting was made almost entirely with the ripped tip of a micro-pore sponge.  At least I think that's what it was.

The young woman in the foreground was painted in a single brush stroke, with some of the paint later lifted to show more detail.