IAMPETH 2026 - E.L. Brown Engrossing - Skyler Chubak

ALL SKILL LEVELS | ENGROSSING

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 SUPPLIES

• Watercolor brushes in a few sizes, including a smaller detail brush (size 2)
• a large brush for a wash (size 8 is good)
• a small flat brush (size 2)
• a cup for water
• pencil
• eraser
• T-square (12” plastic)
• lamp black and Payne’s grey watercolor
• a watercolor dish
• broad edge pens
• a black waterproof ink

OPTIONAL SUPPLIES

• White ink or gouache