watercolor

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This watercolor is at once naturalistic and also fairly graphic.

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  1. noun A paint composed of a water-soluble pigment.
  2. noun A work that is executed through the use of this paint.
  3. noun The art of using watercolors.

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  • Over the dining room table hung an abstract watercolor, and a large reproduction of a Lichtenstein dominated the living area, its broad black lines showing a weepy comic-book blonde. —  Scottoline, Lisa - Mistaken Identity
  • By now, the skies over OW would be stained with thin rivulets of gold from the setting sun, creating a watercolor wash as they blended into the indigo of the approaching twilight. —  Yasmine Galenorn - [Sisters of the Moon 03] - Darkling
  • On July 15, children will unleash their creativity through acrylic, watercolor, and clay at the camp session, 'Art Alive.'
  • It's coptic stitched and I used watercolor, again, to color in the houses. —  Create Something Today
  • A watercolor is the medium or the resulting artwork, in which the paints are made of pigments suspended in a water soluble vehicle. —  WarCry Network : Latest News
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