A/N: Hey guys! Sorry, I know the definition isn't great. I had trouble finding one online so I made up my own. I'm not so sure about this chapter, but the next one will be better. Enjoy! : )
10: Splatter Paint- In the form used here, basically when you take a paint brush and flick it repetitively to make paint splash randomly on a surface
"River, come here," the Doctor said with a cross between a grin and a frown. They had parked the Tardis in the middle of an abandoned forest clearing and had set up canvases and paintbrushes to paint. It had been his idea, as he thought it would be "fun and relaxing." The area around them was lush with trees, bushes, and various insects, the sky a light and airy blue. The two had set up their canvases with their backs to each other so they could each paint a different part of the scenery surrounding them.
She turned to him and laughed loudly, not bothering to stifle her laughter. "What is that?"
"What do you mean? It's just what I said I was going to paint: those trees right there and the sky above them. I think it looks exactly like it."
She laughed again. "Are you sure you're not colorblind?"
"What is that supposed to mean?"
"It's just that trees are brown and green, sweetie, not blue and purple."
"It looks brilliant."
"Just promise me one thing. Don't quit your day job."
"That's extremely rude, River Song!"
"I know," she said with a smirk.
"Well, let's look at yours, then, shall we?" They turned to look at River's canvas and the Doctor groaned when he saw her perfectly painted trees and wildlife. "That's not fair!"
"It's perfectly fair."
"Humph." He plopped down on the grass and glared up at her like a small child who was put on time out.
"Okay, how about something new?" She retrieved a new canvas, this one quite large, and leaned it against the nearest tree. "How about we try splatter painting?"
"Splatter painting? What sort of insane activity is that?"
"Yeah, because you're one to talk about insane activities," she teased and rolled her eyes. Before he could reply, she went on. "First you dip your paintbrush in paint. Then you hold it from the middle and put your fingers on the very end of the brush; you pull it up and then let go quickly. Like this," River explained as paint droplets hit the canvas.
"Oh, I get it! Splatter paint! Because it splatters across the canvas! Humans are so creative. So I just flick my brush around?"
"Close enough. And you do it in all different colors. Now try it with me."
They spent the next hour and a half splatter painting, the Doctor making excited exclamations when he did it correctly and both of them laughing until it hurt. He decided that as soon their masterpiece finished drying, he would hang it right in the console room. He also decided that he wouldn't tell River about the paint he somehow managed to get in her hair.