Flight of the Wild Bird, 9x91⁄2in (23x24cm). This pattern of marks was created by pressing clingfilm into wet watercolour and trickling further colour underneath the plastic to travel around its crumpled network of raised ridges. When this was dry I suggested a pale landscape foreground using opaque paint over the darker colour. Adding a flying bird created a focal point to this slightly fantastical landscape. The initial semi-abstract linear marks seem to emphasise the idea of movement and flight