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ANSWER TO MYSTERY TECHNIQUE #129:

Intriguing effects happen when you paint with diluted acrylic inks on Yupo! It’s a synthetic paper, so the paint sits on the surface instead of soaking in. I started by painting the sheet with water and then dropped in the paint, tilting the paper to make the colors flow. When the blue was almost dry, I sprayed it with water to create a mottled texture in places. Darker outlines sometimes formed at the boundaries between wet and dry shapes; I imitated this effect by applying paint to the tip of my Angle Chisel Colour Shaper tool before dragging it across the surface in a twisting motion and using a sponge to partially blend it in.