watercolors
Pigments needing dilution
Watercolors are paints that use water as the solvent rather than oil, producing characteristically translucent effects.
The term also refers to paintings made with such paints: The museum's collection includes several watercolors by Turner.
As a medium, watercolors are associated with delicacy and spontaneity—mistakes are difficult to correct once the pigment hits wet paper.
Painting into undried layers
- drybrushPainting with little moisture
- glazingGlossy protective coating
- washClean using liquid
- liftingRaising something heavy
gradation · blooms · blending · layering · dilute · bleed · saturate · diffuse
Colored coating substance
- pigmentColor-imparting material
- hueColor's specific character
- tintFaint color addition
- shadingDepicting light and darkness
colorful · palette · wash · stain · tone · saturation · chroma · value
Opaque water-based medium
- pigmentsColor-giving compounds
- brushesBristled implements for grooming
- paperPressed pulp for writing
- sketchbookBound paper for illustrations
pans · tubes · cakes · sable · palette · easel · mixing · staining
Permitting diffused light passage
- luminousEmitting or reflecting light
- etherealDelicate beyond earthly measure
- delicateEasily broken or harmed
- softYielding to touch
subtle · muted · pastel · diaphanous · airy · fluid · atmospheric · dreamy
Visible features of terrain
- portraitArtistic depiction of someone
- botanicalRelated to plants
- impressionismStyle prioritizing perception
- illustrationPicture explaining something
brushstrokes · brushwork · exhibition · gallery · masterpiece · watercolourist · study · composition
wet-on-wet
Painting into undried layers
lifting · gradation · blooms · blending · layering · dilute · bleed · saturate · diffuse · blot
paint
Colored coating substance
shading · colorful · palette · wash · stain · tone · saturation · chroma · value · primary
gouache
Opaque water-based medium
sketchbook · pans · tubes · cakes · sable · palette · easel · mixing · staining · grain
translucent
Permitting diffused light passage
- luminousEmitting or reflecting light
- etherealDelicate beyond earthly measure
- delicateEasily broken or harmed
soft · subtle · muted · pastel · diaphanous · airy · fluid · atmospheric · dreamy · hazy
landscape
Visible features of terrain
- portraitArtistic depiction of someone
- botanicalRelated to plants
- impressionismStyle prioritizing perception
illustration · brushstrokes · brushwork · exhibition · gallery · masterpiece · watercolourist · study · composition · seascape
- kids craftsfinger paint, finger painting, crayons, coloring, construction paper
- paintingsoil paintings, acrylics, tempera, gouache, portraits
- casual artdoodling, sketching, coloring, painting, finger painting
- illustrated booksbook illustration, children's book art, picture books, storybook art, graphic novels
- illustrationsillustration, drawings, engravings, etchings, lithographs
- American portraitsoil portraits, miniature portraits, presidential portraits, family portraits, self-portraits
watercolorsoils
Viscous lipid liquids
oil paints · oil paintings · oil painting · acrylics · encaustic
watercolorsimpasto
Heavily applied pigment technique
thick paint · bold brushwork · hard edges · high contrast · photorealism
- watercolor portraitFace painted with water-based pigments
- watercolor techniquesApproaches for painting with translucent washes
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