Watercolor Techniques
WATERCOLOR PAINTING
Watercolor painting, originally termed "Aquarelle", was first popular in England. American artists like Winslow Homer, made watercolor a major medium for painting. Watercolor paint uses a gum binder and it's solvent is water. Watercolor painting typically uses transparent washes to achieve desired effects. Other water based paints such as acrylic, tempera, or opaque watercolor, are opaque in nature. (Although they can be thinned to achieve similar effects as watercolor.) White paint is generally not used with watercolor since the white of the paper is used to achieve tints and highlights of the painting. Therefore, watercolor paintings are usually planned out to a degree with a loose sketch in either graphite or ink.
Watercolor Sketch of a Barn
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