5 Build up layers

I continued to build the painting, following the previous steps of adding washes and layers of masking fluid. The more times you repeat these stages, the more refined your image will become. I was deliberately trying to keep the washes loose on this piece, so I continued to use a larger brush for this – a size 5 or 6. It’s best to let each step dry thoroughly before adding more paint to both avoid colours bleeding into each other and preserve those lovely hard edges that define an image so well.