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    Repeatability

    Jan 22, 2020 4 minutes
    By Phil Frankel
    By David Kantey

    The keyword for this issue is “repeatability”. The FreeOnlineDictionary gives as one of it’s explanations – “To do, experience, or produce again”.

    Have you ever had one of those moments when you have looked at your work and said, “I really like that little bit there”?

    I have. Then I’d rack my brains trying to remember how I did it, and finally, put it down to a “happy accident”, and move on.

    A friend of mine runs weekend workshops occasionally. I was with him on one particular occasion when I noticed one student creating remarkably Turner-like effects. I asked him how he did it, but he obviously didn’t have any

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