WASHBLEEDPLATE ONE
PLATE ONE
MOTH
The antennae will not survive a loaded brush.
WATER
CHARGE
CLIPS
TILT
Light holds.
THREE COMMISSIONS
WASHBLEED
A wash over a pencil subject. The water decides how much of your intent survives.
No sheet signed yet.
The lamp is held.
The paper is still damp under the cloth.
Bench notes
- Drag on the sheet
- lay a wash. Slow drags carry more value; fast drags run light and narrow.
- 1 / 2
- sienna, indigo
- W / E
- water charge: dry, damp, full
- A / D
- brush charge: thin, mid, heavy
- B
- blot — a damp sponge lifts a highlight, and the pigment is gone for good
- F1–F4
- corner clips. Clipped paper will not flow; a hard tide mark dries there
- Arrow keys
- move the brush
- Space (hold)
- paint
- T
- tilt the board in eight steps; release and it settles level
- Enter
- sign the sheet
- Esc
- pause