A study drawn from the panel's palette card, at its real 30 × 30 cm proportions. Photography follows when the piece is photographed under the north window.

A neap tide barely moves. Three colors, three pours, and the only unresined panel in the series on purpose.

• Petrol night#0E2233
• Tide teal#2E6E6A
• Slate wash#5A6B7A

1. Cradled birch panel, two sealed gesso coats
2. Petrol ground
3. Three narrow pours, barely apart
4. Matte varnish, no resin: the quiet tide stays quiet