Thanks again for all the nice comments! Karen: Thank you for ordering my DVD! I'm happy to hear you've gotten some good information from it. As for spraying gouache with water, I haven't done that but don't see that it would hurt anything to do that. I always keep my palette in the shade to help keep things from drying out, and I just squeeze out a little bit of paint at a time. Try making the paper towel a little bit soggier, too. Hope that helps!