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Materials

Cooking oil in a cup Butcher paper

Brushes Water in a cup

Window or light source

Instructions

1. Paint with cooking oil on butcher paper.

2. Hold the design up to the light to make the art visible.

3. With a paintbrush full of water, paint over the oil design. Paint on the untouched paper too.

4. Look at the way oil and water act together.More to doMore art: Using a damp sponge, try to wipe the oil design away. * Paint with watercolors on the oil and water designs. * Draw with permanent felt pens on the oil and water designs.

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