watercolorists
Pigment-and-wash painters
Watercolorists are artists who work in watercolor, a painting medium using pigments suspended in water.
The term typically suggests someone who specializes in or is particularly skilled with this demanding technique: The exhibition featured watercolorists from across New England.
Also spelled watercolourists in British English.
Transparent water-based painting
- pigmentsColor-giving compounds
- paletteSurface for mixing pigments
- sketchbookBound paper for illustrations
- riggerOne who handles tackle
Painting into undried layers
- drybrushPainting with little moisture
- washClean using liquid
- glazingGlossy protective coating
- layeringForming successive strata
blotting · stippling · dabbing · lifting · blooms · gradation · feathering · splatter
Permitting diffused light passage
- luminosityIntrinsic brightness of source
- etherealDelicate beyond earthly measure
- delicateEasily broken or harmed
- airyLight and well-ventilated
soft · fluid · spontaneous · atmospheric · impressionistic · loose · expressive · subtle
Visible features of terrain
- seascapeOcean scene depiction
- botanicalRelated to plants
- portraitureArt of depicting people
- still-lifeArt depicting inanimate objects
plein-air · florals · wildlife · cityscape · figurative · cloudscapes · coastal · architectural
One operating a lathe
- guildProfessional mutual-aid society
- societyOrganized communal human existence
- exhibitionPublic display of items
- workshopPlace for making or learning
aquarelle
Transparent water-based painting
- pigmentsColor-giving compounds
- paletteSurface for mixing pigments
- sketchbookBound paper for illustrations
wet-on-wet
Painting into undried layers
layering · blotting · stippling · dabbing · lifting · blooms · gradation · feathering · splatter · resist
translucent
Permitting diffused light passage
- luminosityIntrinsic brightness of source
- etherealDelicate beyond earthly measure
- delicateEasily broken or harmed
airy · soft · fluid · spontaneous · atmospheric · impressionistic · loose · expressive · subtle · nuanced
landscape
Visible features of terrain
- seascapeOcean scene depiction
- botanicalRelated to plants
- portraitureArt of depicting people
still-life · plein-air · florals · wildlife · cityscape · figurative · cloudscapes · coastal · architectural
Turner
One operating a lathe
- guildProfessional mutual-aid society
- societyOrganized communal human existence
- exhibitionPublic display of items
- artfine art, Renaissance, painters, masterpieces, paint
- paintersBotticelli, Caravaggio, Cezanne, Da Vinci, Dali
- Women ArtistsFrida Kahlo, Georgia O'Keeffe, Grandma Moses, Annie Leibovitz