This class with Bill was so much fun and I think what started me on the road to wanting to do a series of abstract cats. Bill taught me this a few months ago. First we drew our cats on 300 lb. water color paper with a nice rough bumpy finish. Then we wet the canvas all over. While it was still wet, we dropped paint onto the canvas from our brushes; then added more and then more, varying the colors. Then dried it with a hair dryer. Then we used permanent black pens and started outlining the color, wherever it changed shades with wiggly little lines. It was fascinating. I opted for a calico cat. Bill has made some great paintings this way, "finding" all kinds of things in the drawings -- fish, flowers, and so on and then augmenting the painting with drawings of his own. This is so much fun.