WASH UPON WASH

Difficulty in predicting outcome of washes- balance between too much control and 'serendipity' sought

Also problem in locating contemporay artists working with loose washses against solid areas of tone/ colour.


Trials to start understanding relationships/potential

                                                           
                                                         

                                       
  
 Floating one wash over another provides subtle shifts in both colour and tone

 

   Thin washes on PVA primed canvas

 

Observation

Short experiments / technical exercises valuable in developing practice and avoiding too many major errors on larger canvasses which are quite time consuminng to produce