When I worked on the background of this Amaryllis, I used a masking fluid on the area where the flower and leaves would be. I wet the paper using a hake brush and then added pigment. Once dry (almost) I turned the paper 180 degrees and did the same thing using a different selection of pigments. While still wet I used a sea salt grinder to scatter irregularly sized flecks of salt on the surface which causes the pigment to almost pucker. When dry I rubbed off the salt and removed the resist.

At this point I painted the flower and leaves.