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Watercolour allows both rapid execution and a wide range of techniques,
from spontaneous flows and merger of colours wet on wet to tightly controlled strokes.
I consciously avoid using white and use the whiteness of the paper instead.
In the same way, I avoid using black or grey that deadens colours.
Light is the game, colour the rule.
Transparent layers of pigments — glazed or applied side by side —
drive the viewer toward the horizon. The lightest washes catch the eye and carve the space.
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