Working over a preliminary graphite drawing, students are taught a classic transparent wash technique, allowing for a subtle build - up of light, shadow and local color. (theartstudentsleague.org)
In this current series of twelve works the centre is built up by several layers of transparent washes of marble dust and pigment that coalesce into a deep yet luminous colour - field. (minusspace.com)
He then moved on to a series of pastose landscape pictures, Mountains and Townscapes, as well as to the romanticized Landscapes, Seascapes, and Clouds for which he used highly transparent washes. (prabook.com)