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2. Watercolor painting - Wikipedia

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   An artist working on a watercolor using a round brush Love's Messenger, an 1885 watercolor and tempera by Marie Spartali Stillman. Watercolor (American English) or watercolour (Commonwealth English; see spelling differences), also aquarelle (French:; from Italian diminutive of Latin aqua 'water'), [1] is a painting method [2] in which the paints are made of pigments suspended in a water-based ...

3. Watermedia - Wikipedia

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   Watercolor Another approach to watercolor painting is a wet-on-dry technique, which is when wet paint is applied to dry paper. Many artists use a few additional effects and methods for this painting medium: the dry-brush effect, edge darkening, intentional backgrounds, and flow patterns.

4. Palette (painting) - Wikipedia

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   An artist's palette. A palette (/ ˈ p æ l ɪ t /) is a surface on which a painter arranges and mixes paints. [1] [2] A palette is made of materials such as wood, paper, glass, ceramic or plastic, and can vary greatly in size and shape.

5. List of art techniques - Wikipedia

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   Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Types of art techniques There is no exact definition of what constitutes art. Artists have explored many styles and have used ...

6. Wash (visual arts) - Wikipedia

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   However, when gum arabic watercolor washes are applied to a highly absorbent surface, such as paper, the effects are long lasting. The wash technique can be achieved by doing the following: With water-based media such as inks, acrylic paints, tempera paints or watercolor paints, a wet brush should be dipped into a pool of very wet and diluted ...

7. Painting - Wikipedia

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   John Martin, Manfred on the Jungfrau (1837), watercolor. Watercolor is a painting method in which the paints are made of pigments suspended in a water-soluble vehicle. The traditional and most common support for watercolor paintings is paper; other supports include papyrus, bark papers, plastics, vellum or leather, fabric, wood and canvas.