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Lavis

Painting: Glazing, Wet-on-wet, Dry brushing

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The prompt

{subject}, in the style of layered transparent watercolor glazing, {palette}, built from translucent granulated mineral-pigment washes that settle into visible paper fiber, soft feathered wet-on-wet blooms, crisp dry-brush edges and fine black ink contour lines, one small restrained pigment splatter cluster, on bright pure-white archival paper, luminous and confident, full-frame edge to edge

Materials
Watercolor, Mineral pigment, Black ink, Archival paper
Techniques
Glazing, Wet-on-wet, Dry brushing, Ink contour drawing, Splattering

watercolor, granulated pigment, glazed washes, wet on wet, ink linework

Slot recipes

How the prompt changes for each kind of picture.

  • Hero: A wide full-frame subject built from layered translucent granulated watercolor washes with soft wet-on-wet blooms, dry-brush edges and fine ink linework, the composition filling the frame edge to edge on bright pure-white paper, luminous and confident with one restrained splatter cluster.
  • Feature: A single centred subject in layered translucent granulated watercolor washes with crisp feathered edges and fine ink linework on bright white paper, the subject filling the frame.
  • Avatar: A single tight subject motif in translucent granulated watercolor washes with fine ink linework on white, centred and filling the frame.
  • Empty state: A faint single subject silhouette in low-opacity granulated watercolor wash on white paper, soft and quiet, sparse, full-frame.
  • Illustration: A subject rendered in layered translucent granulated watercolor glazing with soft wet-on-wet blooms, crisp dry-brush edges and fine black ink contour lines on bright pure-white archival paper, full-frame, no drawn border.

Guidance

Do

  • Apply the layered translucent watercolor glazing treatment to any subject full-frame, edge to edge on bright pure-white paper.
  • Build color through stacked transparent granulated washes so underlying layers and paper fiber stay visible.
  • Use soft feathered wet-on-wet blooms for emphasis and crisp dry-brush edges to define forms, with fine black ink contour lines on top.
  • Add at most one small restrained pigment splatter cluster, placed at a single corner.

Don’t

  • Never render the medium itself (no picture of paint, a brush, a palette, paper, or a frame).
  • Never let washes go muddy, grey, or beige, and never flatten the page into one opaque field.
  • Never use opaque gouache fills, glossy digital glow, or candy-pastel washes.
  • Never include text, numbers, logos, drawn decorative borders, or empty negative space.

In the lineage of

  • Layered watercolour glazing, tradition. granulating transparent washes

A generated style is an aggregate of many influences. Credit goes to the artists and traditions it draws on; it is not a claim of authorship.

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Remix with this style

Apply Lavis to any UI language and swap the palette: the preview takes this style's hero image.