Knowra Watercolor painting Watercolor painting Watercolor painting uses pigments suspended in a water-based medium, usually on paper. Its transparent washes let the light of the surface show through the paint.
Watercolor wash : A continuous, thin layer of watercolor paint spread across a surface. Wash techniques control broad areas of color and establish the painting’s tonal structure.
Pigment : A colored material that absorbs and reflects selected wavelengths of light. Pigment particles provide watercolor’s color and determine properties such as staining and granulation.
Albrecht Dürer : A German Renaissance artist known for prints, drawings, and detailed watercolor studies. His independent landscapes and studies show watercolor’s status as a finished medium early on.
Botanical illustration : The visual depiction of plants for scientific, educational, or documentary purposes. Watercolor can render subtle plant colors and fine structural detail.
Gouache : An opaque water-based paint made with pigment and a binder, often used on paper. Gouache can cover dark passages, unlike transparent watercolor washes.
Wet-on-wet : A painting technique in which wet paint is applied to a damp surface or wet layer. Moisture lets pigments spread and blend into soft, fluid edges.
Binder (material science) : A substance that holds particles together and helps them adhere to a surface. Watercolor’s binder carries pigment onto paper and remains after water evaporates.
English landscape painting : A tradition of British painting centered on the depiction of landscape. Watercolor became closely associated with the rise of British landscape art.
Topographic watercolor : A watercolor representation of terrain and landscape features, often made for documentation. Travelers and surveyors used watercolor to record places in portable form.
Acrylic painting : Painting with fast-drying pigments suspended in an acrylic polymer emulsion. Acrylic paint forms more opaque, durable layers and permits different revision strategies.
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