Step Three ...

The first 'undercoat'. Very little of the colour you see here will be visible in the final print. Only the area just under her chin and the triangular shaped area over her foot are 'final'. All the rest is just a sort of 'base coat' for the kimono colour that will follow. It's much the same as painting a wall - a single coat will never look good, but overlaid colour has depth ...

But isn't it neat how the wave pattern suddenly jumps out at you ...