W Is For…
W is for…
Ink, Colored Pencil
W is for white, whether zinc, titanium, or lead. W is for weld, an obsolete yellow and woad, a dark blue similar to indigo. W is for waza, Japanese for technique.
W is for watercolor. W is for waterbrushes, washi paper, and working wet into wet. W is for watermark, a translucent design impressed in fine papers, and more recently, a copyright notice on images displayed on the web. W is for weaving, wood burning, and woodcut prints. W is for wabi-sabi, the Japanese aesthetic of beauty in all things imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete.
W is for…
Ink, Colored Pencil
W is for wedges in wooden stretchers, and wedging your clay to remove air pockets. W is for wheat paste, white spirits, and whiting used to prepare gesso. W is for wire sculptures, wire hangers, and the waffled texture of wove paper. W is for walnut oil, Winsor & Newton, and that wonderful workbench built by your spouse.
W is for Weyden, Whistler, and Weistling. W is for Watts, Waterhouse, and Weeks. W is for Wyeth, Waite, and Woodburne.
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Oh goody you are back at work.
I like them!
Good one!
I can’t wait to see X.
Thanks Lisa!
I really like your take on Waterhouse’s piece and I’m with Meg, I can’t wait to see what you come up with for ‘X’!
I looked in my paperback dictionary, and not including abbreviations or symbols, there were 15 real words that began with X. How badly do we really need these words anyway? If there weren’t definitions on the other side of the page, it could be easily ripped out of the book. Who wants to admit to wearing a size XL anyway?