A tip to help you with your watercolour painting.

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!

Due to its construction and length, you''''ll find the long plunger with its easy to grip handle applies paint differently, if not better than a spray or spritz bottle. ]