| Property |
Value |
| @id | the:FoundationalWashes |
| type | Concept, Resource |
| broader | painting process, visual arts process, watercolor process |
| definition | Initial graded and variegated washes to set overall light, atmosphere, and major value masses. |
| editorial note | This is the painting's breath. A single decisive pass often reads better than piecemeal local color. |
| example | One coherent sky-to-ground wash that locks the value horizon and dominant temperature. |
| inScheme | Watercolor Painting Process |
| label | Foundational Washes |
| narrower | Foundational Washes (RS) |
| related | Corrections and Cleanup, Development Through Layering, gradated wash, Surface and Materials Preparation, variegated wash, Vision and Planning, wash, wet-into-wet wash |
| skos:altLabel | Big Shape Establishment |
| the:order | 4, 4, 4.0 |