aquarelle
Pigment in water
Aquarelle is watercolor painting, or a painting made with transparent watercolors.
The term is somewhat formal and appears more often in art criticism and museum contexts than in casual speech: The gallery featured a collection of nineteenth-century aquarelles.
The technique emphasizes translucency, allowing the white of the paper to show through the pigment.
Clean using liquid
- gradationIncremental transition between stages
- bloomingProducing flowers now
- brushworkPainter's stroke method
- layeringForming successive strata
glazing · lifting · blending · splatter · masking · charging · feathering · softening
Color-imparting material
- roughUneven in surface
- cottonPlant fiber for textiles
- sizingDetermining or adjusting dimensions
- paletteSurface for mixing pigments
archival · acid-free · pan · tube · block · stretching · tape · board
Allowing light through
- luminousEmitting or reflecting light
- delicateEasily broken or harmed
- etherealDelicate beyond earthly measure
- softYielding to touch
subtle · fluid · spontaneous · airy · light · diaphanous · translucent · atmospheric
Visible features of terrain
- botanicalRelated to plants
- plein-airPainting outdoors, on location
- seascapeOcean scene depiction
- portraitArtistic depiction of someone
still-life · cityscape · floral · skyscape · garden · figurative · architectural · wildlife
wash
Clean using liquid
- gradationIncremental transition between stages
- bloomingProducing flowers now
- brushworkPainter's stroke method
layering · glazing · lifting · blending · splatter · masking · charging · feathering · softening · bleeding
pigment
Color-imparting material
palette · archival · acid-free · pan · tube · block · stretching · tape · board · cellulose
transparent
Allowing light through
- luminousEmitting or reflecting light
- delicateEasily broken or harmed
- etherealDelicate beyond earthly measure
soft · subtle · fluid · spontaneous · airy · light · diaphanous · translucent · atmospheric · gossamer
landscape
Visible features of terrain
portrait · still-life · cityscape · floral · skyscape · garden · figurative · architectural · wildlife · cloudscape
Turner
One operating a lathe
- SargentAmerican expatriate portraitist
- HomerAncient Greek epic composer
- CézanneFrench Post-Impressionist painter
Marin · Mackintosh · Delacroix
- painting classesart classes, painting lessons, beginner lessons, beginner classes, art workshops
- watercolor paintingwash, wet-on-wet, drybrush, washes, masking fluid
- portrait paintinglikeness, facial expression, sitter, portrait artist, skin tones
aquarelleoil painting
Art made with linseed-bound pigments
oils · oil on canvas · impasto · oil paint · acrylics