With the triple base coats of paint on the signs Becke now begins the real magic of applying the colour. It starts with the blending. All rules go out the window here for she paints out of multiple buckets of colour at a time. Surprisingly, most of the painting is done with relatively small, one inch wide fitches, especially on the smaller sections of the features. The paint is applied wet into wet, generally starting at the top and working downwards. The blends are often subtle and sometimes using very surprising shades of paint. Everything will change again as the glazes are applied. Stay tuned…