Backruns: turning the cauliflower into a tool
A backrun — the pale, hard-edged cauliflower that appears when water lands on a drying wash — is the classic beginner accident.
Burnt sienna
Semi-opaque warm earth, settles fast.
2 published
Wash 300 gsm · Soaked
Yellow ochre, burnt sienna, Venetian red: three tubes that cover half of painting
These three earths were the entire palette of European oil painting for two centuries, and they still do more work than any other group in watercolour.