Akhtar Hussein – Start light and add darks – light ink wash, darks added

Fred Martin – Identify and elaborate one large shape with added line

Aksa Shakil - Gesture and value as focal point

Lee Trites - Simplify! Try “scattered composition”

John Barbour – Use light as a focal point

Joyce Linker - Draw over bright color, adding similar washes at the end to unify

Sumiko Shimada – crop small images form large ones

Ibrahim El-Salahie - Use value to create tension, imbalance, harmony, variety of shapes

Combine several pieces to form one large one

Use empty space as a focal point (unknown artist)

Beili Liu – Elaborate on found shapes with value – don’t get attached to raw ink wash

Find unusual shapes and clarify them Stop Making Sense!

Hong Liu – Prepare paper with layers of ink wash (and/or Gesso) then draw realistically over dried washes

Use Gesso to edit outdistracting elements

Use dry brush Gesso over bright washes, re-work with ink

Use Gesso in layers over dried dark washes; fold paper then cover with ink & gesso, use wash over Gesso (unknown artist)

Use Gesso and charcoal over ink wash

Cheryl Brodie - layer, layer, layer