watercolour
Pigment needing water
Watercolour is a painting technique using pigments mixed with water, or a work created this way: The gallery featured nineteenth-century watercolours.
The paints themselves are also called watercolours.
The medium produces characteristic translucent effects, with the white paper showing through thin washes of colour.
Also spelled watercolor in American English.
Painting with little moisture
- washClean using liquid
- glazingGlossy protective coating
- layeringForming successive strata
- blendingCombining into uniformity
masking · lifting · bleeding · diffusion · gradation · dabbing · splattering · blooming
Bristled cleaning tool
- paperPressed pulp for writing
- paletteSurface for mixing pigments
- pigmentColor-imparting material
- sableBlack, in heraldry
absorbent · masking fluid · gum arabic · pan · tube · rag · stretched · block
Permitting diffused light passage
- luminousEmitting or reflecting light
- delicateEasily broken or harmed
- softYielding to touch
- etherealDelicate beyond earthly measure
airy · subtle · fluid · spontaneous · atmospheric · dreamy · impressionistic · loose
Visible features of terrain
- botanicalRelated to plants
- portraitArtistic depiction of someone
- still lifeArt of inanimate objects
- seascapeOcean scene depiction
florals · plein air · cityscape · nature study · wildlife · figure study · skyscape · garden
One operating a lathe
- SargentAmerican expatriate portraitist
- sumi-eJapanese monochrome brush painting
- botanical illustrationScientific plant artwork
- travel journalRecord of places visited
Deep blue from lapis
- burnt siennaReddish-brown pigment color
- cadmium yellowBright paint pigment shade
- viridianBlue-green artist's pigment
- ochreIron-rich earth pigment
sepia · raw umber · indigo · cerulean · burnt umber · yellow ochre · cobalt
drybrush
Painting with little moisture
blending · masking · lifting · bleeding · diffusion · gradation · dabbing · splattering · blooming · feathering
brush
Bristled cleaning tool
sable · absorbent · masking fluid · gum arabic · pan · tube · rag · stretched · block · rigger
translucent
Permitting diffused light passage
ethereal · airy · subtle · fluid · spontaneous · atmospheric · dreamy · impressionistic · loose · expressive
landscape
Visible features of terrain
- botanicalRelated to plants
- portraitArtistic depiction of someone
- still lifeArt of inanimate objects
seascape · florals · plein air · cityscape · nature study · wildlife · figure study · skyscape · garden · woodland
Turner
One operating a lathe
- SargentAmerican expatriate portraitist
- sumi-eJapanese monochrome brush painting
- botanical illustrationScientific plant artwork
ultramarine
Deep blue from lapis
- burnt siennaReddish-brown pigment color
- cadmium yellowBright paint pigment shade
- viridianBlue-green artist's pigment
ochre · sepia · raw umber · indigo · cerulean · burnt umber · yellow ochre · cobalt
watercolouroil paint
Pigment bound with linseed
oil painting · oil · acrylic · acrylic paint · oils
watercolourgouache
Opaque water-based medium
impasto · opaque · oil paint · poster paint · acrylic
watercolouroil painting
Art made with linseed-bound pigments
digital art · pencil drawing · engraving · sculpture · mosaic
- watercolor portraitFace painted with water-based pigments
- watercolor techniquesApproaches for painting with translucent washes
- watercolor paintingArt using water-soluble pigments
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