Today I went back to a painting I started last Monday evening.  The initial wash was done very quickly and wet in a multiply color pattern, being careful not to paint the white violets.  (I didn't put masking on them, since it's not one of my favorite things to do.  I think it's better to practice control, especially when it's possible.  I only use masking when I absolutely have to.)   As soon as the paint was applied, I laid down two crumpled sheets of plastic cellophane on the painting and covered it with a book and a heavy object.  After about an hour, I checked to see if the design was working, but it was still too wet to remove.  I did remove the weight and the book, so it would dry faster.  After another hour, it was time to remove the cellophane, but the painting was still quite damp.  Once it had dried overnight, I started seeing somewhat of a pattern and design in the background, so I started doing some negative painting.  The lower portion sort of looked like roots, so I enhanced that area with some darker paint.  Some of the background forms looked like leaves or I felt it needed something in the space, so I added more leaves.  The flowers are pretty tiny, so it was not too important to get precise detail, but more of a suggestion, and I pushed some of the top left ones back into the painting, by painting them with a blue or greenish wash.  Many of the areas in the background needed to be glazed with several layers of paint, so it took me most of the day to finish this small painting.  It was a very fun exercise of some more negative painting and of course, my favorite thing to paint.....the waterdrops.