watercolour

/ ˈwɔːtəˌkʌlə /

noun

1. 1. Also calledpure watercolour water-soluble pigment, applied in transparent washes and without the admixture of white pigment in the lighter tones
   2. any water-soluble pigment, including opaque kinds such as gouache and tempera
2. 1. a painting done in watercolours
   2. ( as modifier )

      a watercolour masterpiece

3. the art or technique of painting with such pigments

Derived Forms

• ˈwaterˌcolourist, noun

Example Sentences

The one image has had more than 4,000 likes and scores of complimentary comments, with one person describing it as "otherworldly, like a watercolour painting emerging out from a time labyrinth".

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They were mainly conventional artists working in oil and watercolour and various print media.

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It includes prints, watercolours, ceramics, wallpapers, murals, posters, advertising designs, book illustrations and even a garden bench.

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A lost watercolour by one of Britain's greatest landscape artists found "stuck among" a number of other paintings at a country estate could fetch £50,000.

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She said Mr Gladden, at 100, was still "bright as a button" and "loves singing and painting, and has created watercolour artworks from his memories of the Second World War".

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