| Property |
Value |
| @id | the:backrun |
| type | Art, Art Production, Art Realization, Concept, Painting Technique, Resource, Technique, Visual Arts, Watercolor Technique |
| broader | painting technique, painting term, visual art term, wash, watercolor technique, wet-into-wet wash |
| definition | Occurs when a more dilute mix of paint is applied into a wet area, causing the paint to spread outward and typically dry in a cauliflower-shaped pattern. Often considered undesirable but also deliberately created to suggest clouds, foliage, flowers, or abstract texture. |
| editorial note | The mixing of colours in a semi-controlled way by adding new colour to a wash that hasn't dried; backruns can be an unwelcome accident, but are also deliberately created by some artists to represent abstracted clouds, foliage or flowers, or just to create a specific mood and for visual interest. |
| inScheme | Watercolor Painting |
| label | backrun |
| related | Friday Market Notes, wet-into-wet wash |
| skos:altLabel | cauliflower, back run, blooming, backwash |