Paint 6 Easy Watercolor Textures

Create six easy watercolor textures using household items like salt, masking fluid, rubbing alcohol, gauze, and rice, while exploring and experimenting with techniques.

Learn the exact watercolor texture supplies and prep steps: masking borders, salt textures, masking fluid, rubbing alcohol, rice, and color choices like Windsor & Newton blues and raw sienna.

Spray and brush a loaded blue watercolor wash, then apply generous salt while the water and pigment are wet to create textured effects that reveal as the image dries.

Master masking fluid (frisket) techniques for watercolor textures by applying to dry surfaces, using brushes or household tools to create shapes, and removing with soap to reveal white spaces.

Drip 70 percent rubbing alcohol onto watercolor pigment to create ringed textures resembling red blood cells, while adjusting water, alcohol, and pigment balance for outcomes.

Apply opaque watercolor on a square, cover with clear wrap, crinkle the wrap to create textured folds, press gently, and move to the next piece to achieve easy watercolor textures.

Use hooker's green deep pigment kept wet, and remove the gauze from its package. Apply the gauze to the wet paint, folding over or scrunching for organic texture.

Demonstrates creating the rice texture by sprinkling rice onto a blue pigment wash and letting it absorb water and pigment, completing one of six textures for the final reveal.

Finish your six watercolor textures and explore cleanup and masking fluid techniques. Use a rubber pickup, brush, coffee straw, and clear wrap to create layered effects and crisp edges.

Explore a bonus ARTxLA montage that channels insomnia, the search for truth, and reminders of death through bold textures and stark imagery.