Watercolor Painting TIp #1 Painting Large Areas

 Large Area to Paint??

Want to cover a large area of a watercolor painting without brush strokes, or without disturbing a previous layer of paint, or to blend colors with some degree of control? Try a small," bug sprayer!" You know, the kind you see in your local nursery or hardware store, a hand-held device normally used to apply poisonous insect killer to plants, etc.
The sprayer consists of an 8" to 12" long tube with a plunger at the end. At the base of the plunger is a small (4 to 8 oz.), screw-on container (usually glass or plastic). Drop some watercolor paint into the container, dilute with a bit of water, swish or stir the liquid around, attach the container to the tube and spray away!