painting - sponging (was: Re: [OT] a clarification of my comments to David (of DLD fame))

Responding to my own post with a quick note.  :)

Indy wrote:
> 
> Allan Goodall wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, 10 Apr 2002 17:34:06 -0400, "Laserlight"
<laserlight@quixnet.net>
> > wrote:
> >
> > >I don't know if you saw that APC I was paintiing in Stuart's class,
> > >but I did everything just by dabbing sage-green with the latex
sponge
> > >wedges, and it looks pretty fair.	Stuart did another one in a
green,
> > >brown and black pattern, took about 5 minutes.
> >
> > Okay, is this as easy as it sounds? Are there any tricks to the
technique?
> > Which side of the latex wedge (or sides) did you use? Inquiring
minds wanna
> > know!
> 
> Well, as for "easy", the one I did sponging (dabbing) came out better
> than straight-up painting by far (still was the "getting there" stage
;-).
> You have to be careful to not have *too* much paint on the sponge, ...

I think the best description as to how much paint there should be on the
sponge is "damp". And even that might be too much, depending on what 
lookr or effect you are trying to achieve. I guess...experiment!  :-)