E.L. Brown Engrossing with Skyler Chubak

E.L. Brown Engrossing with Skyler Chubak

In this class we will be studying the greywash engrossing style of E.L Brown! The greywash technique was made popular by a handful of American engrossers in the beginning of the last century. With the most notable being E.L. Brown and P.W. Costello. It involves a watercolor background, usually an illustrative element, most often a drawn lettering header, and the piece would be filled with a calligraphic hand which was usually a broad-edge text style. In this class we will be walking through a piece together and going over the techniques!

Class Supply List

• Watercolor brushes in a few sizes, including a smaller detail brush (size 2), large brush for a wash (size 8 is good), and a small flat brush (size 2)

• A cup for water

• Pencil

• Eraser

• T-square (12” plastic)

• Lamp black and Payne’s grey watercolor

• Watercolor dish

• Broad edge pens

• Black waterproof ink

Optional Supply List

• White ink or gouache