watercolor
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wa·ter·col·or
/ ˈwôtərˌkələr; ˈwä-/
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n. (also watercolors)
artists' paint made with a water-soluble binder such as gum arabic, and thinned with water rather than oil, giving a transparent color.
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a picture painted with watercolors.
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the art of painting with watercolors, esp. using a technique of producing paler colors by diluting rather than by adding white.
DERIVATIVES: wa·ter·col·or·ist n.
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 "Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)")
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Water world; Deftness, restraint and quick decision-making are hallmarks of successful watercolor paintings, including many of those in a group show by the Minnesota Watercolor Society.(VARIETY / FREETIME)
Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN); 10/17/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...Because most watercolors are transparent...additional layer of watercolor just darkens the...are tricky. When painting with oils or acrylics...true watercolor paintings, however, are...a member of the Watercolor Society's board...In the past, watercolors often were used...more ...
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East China exhibits watercolor painting
News Wire article from: Xinhua News Agency; 11/16/2002; 343 words
; ...East China exhibits watercolor painting QINGDAO, Nov. 16...exhibition of watercolor paintings opened Saturday in...level of watercolor paintings at present. Some...and teaching of the watercolor painting. At Saturday's...
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ARTIST FINDS WORK A REFLECTION OF HER PERSONALITY KIMBERLY FREIMUTH'S WATERCOLOR PAINTINGS OF ARCHITECTURE AND FLOWERS START HER CRUSADE TO HAVE HER PAINTINGS IN THE PUBLIC EYE
Newspaper article from: Wyoming Tribune-Eagle; 6/25/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...Cheyenne native who has been painting in watercolors for eight years. She also...it's easiest to work in watercolors. Oils don't dry fast...Freimuth said about watercolors. Her work is on display...done in pen and ink on a watercolor background. "Pineapple...
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ARTIST FINDS WORK A REFLECTION OF HER PERSONALITY, KIMBERLY FREIMUTH'S WATERCOLOR PAINTINGS OF ARCHITECTURE AND FLOWERS START HER CRUSADE TO HAVE HER PAINTINGS IN THE PUBLIC EYE
Newspaper article from: Wyoming Tribune-Eagle; 6/25/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...Cheyenne native who has been painting in watercolors for eight years. She also...it's easiest to work in watercolors. Oils don't dry fast...Freimuth said about watercolors. Her work is on display...done in pen and ink on a watercolor background. "Pineapple...
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ARTIST FINDS WORK A REFLECTION OF HER PERSONALITY, KIMBERLY FREIMUTH'S WATERCOLOR PAINTINGS OF ARCHITECTURE AND FLOWERS START HER
Newspaper article from: Wyoming Tribune-Eagle; 6/25/2004; 700+ words
; ...Cheyenne native who has been painting in watercolors for eight years. She also...it's easiest to work in watercolors. Oils don't dry fast...Freimuth said about watercolors. Her work is on display...done in pen and ink on a watercolor background. "Pineapple...
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Father of Watercolor Painting Dies
News Wire article from: Xinhua News Agency; 2/25/2002; 310 words
; ...China's "father of watercolor painting", passed away last...traditional water-ink paintings, did not see watercolor paintings and other modern fine...missionaries. Li learned watercolor painting in France in the 1940s...
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Color Collision.(watercolor painting)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: School Arts; 5/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...to work on their watercolor skills, especially...the basis for their watercolor paintings. Sketching Free...primary and secondary watercolors. I referred to a...suggested they start painting in the center of...effort into their paintings. I reminded the...were great. The ...
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 "Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)")
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ART AN AVENUE FOR EXPRESSION EX-BANKER'S WATERCOLOR PAINTINGS ON DISPLAY.(News)
Newspaper article from: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA); 1/4/2007; 569 words
; ...executive, Tolley does watercolor paintings that feature African...pieces and contemporary painting. Tolley said she...during Sunday school. Watercolor is her preferred medium. ``I'm sloppy. Watercolor dries the quickest...
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OWENS FINDLAY-AREA CAMPUS LIBRARY GALLERY FEATURES WATERCOLOR PAINTINGS BY BARNHARDT CORLE, FEB. 26 - MARCH 27
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 2/19/2009; 700+ words
; ...s photo-realistic watercolor paintings, Feb. 26 - March...precise watercolor paintings allow area residents...were present at the painting's inception. The...interest of Corle's paintings includes scenic images...
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Watercolor paintings bring inner peace
Newspaper article from: Post-Tribune (IN); 2/5/2004; ; 460 words
; ...joint show this month for her watercolor dunescapes and flowers. But before she started painting, she was afraid to try any...found she not only enjoyed painting, but also it gave her inner...don't use an easel with watercolors, you paint flat. It's...retired," but stays busy painting and ...
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watercolor painting
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
watercolor painting in its wider...also to the paintings produced...are also watercolors, although...pigment, watercolor painting had achieved...existing paintings, found in Egypt, are watercolors. The Persian...
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watercolor
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
...xE4;- / • n. (also watercolors ) artists' paint made with a water...xA0; a picture painted with watercolors. ∎ the art of painting with watercolors, esp. using a technique of producing...
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landscape painting
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...element in another kind of painting. Early Landscapes In the...environment. As a result landscape painting as an independent art was...the Hellenistic pastoral paintings of antiquity to the religious...landscape genre at which, when painting backgrounds of religious...Szabo, Landscape ...
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Catlin's Indian Paintings
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
...PAINTINGS CATLIN'S INDIAN PAINTINGS. Born in Wilkes...thousands of miles and painting about 470 portraits...he exhibited the paintings — which form...Artist of the West: Paintings and Watercolors from the Collection...Barnhill See also Art: Painting .
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Botero, Fernando
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...world of bullfighting (a watercolor of a matador is his first...Siqueiros. Botero's large watercolor paintings, such as 1949's Donna...of 25 oils, drawings, watercolors, and gouaches—...000 pesos when his 1952 painting Sulla Costa (On the Coast...earned a living by copying ...
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