watercolour
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Also called: pure watercolour. water-soluble pigment, applied in transparent washes and without the admixture of white pigment in the lighter tones
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any water-soluble pigment, including opaque kinds such as gouache and tempera
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a painting done in watercolours
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a watercolour masterpiece
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the art or technique of painting with such pigments
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Money raised from the watercolour of the Scottish Highlands will go towards supporting youth and community work.
From BBC • May 14, 2026
Vecchio Sultano, a mixed-media piece made with watercolour paint and a felt-tip pen, is an illustration of the Arabian Nights and was found in a house in Cambridge.
From BBC • Oct. 25, 2025
Eva Charrington, 59, from Tonbridge, Kent, took up watercolour painting.
From BBC • Mar. 23, 2025
They were mainly conventional artists working in oil and watercolour and various print media.
From BBC • Jul. 20, 2024
He does not seem to be working in the right medium, for I believe his Japanesque landscapes could be far more sympathetically presented in watercolour.
From The Galleries of the Exposition by Neuhaus, Eugen
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