Watercolour

Jedburgh Abbey from the River, by Thomas Girtin 1798-99 (watercolor on paper).

Watercolours (UK), also called watercolor (US) or aquarelle (French), are paintings whose colours are water-based pigments.

Watercolours were first created in China, appearing shortly after paper was invented. Watercolours soon became popular in Japan as well. Pigment is mixed first with a binder which is most of the time, gum arabic, then add water and then using a brush add the pigment to material like paper. When the water dries, the pigment is stuck to the material from the binder.

Watercolour Media

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  An artist working on a watercolor using a round brush

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  Love's Messenger, an 1885 watercolor and tempera by Marie Spartali Stillman

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  Albrecht Dürer, Young Hare, 1502, watercolor and body color, Albertina, Vienna

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  An unfinished watercolor by William Berryman, created between 1808 and 1816, using watercolor, ink, and pencil. The use of partial pigmentation draws attention to the central subject.

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  Remains of the Vicars' College, Exeter by George Townsend; 1885.

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  Winslow Homer, The Blue Boat, 1892

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  John Singer Sargent, White Ships. Brooklyn Museum

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  Stanisław Masłowski, Pejzaż jesienny z Rybiniszek (Autumn landscape of Rybiniszki), watercolor, 1902

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  Paul Cézanne, self-portrait