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watercolor
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. Pertaining to the methods or products of watercolor. alt. 1 (context arts English) A painting technique using paint made of colorants suspended or dissolved in water. 2 (context arts English) Any artwork produced by this method. 3 (context arts English) ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a painting produced with watercolors [syn: watercolour ] a water-base paint (with water-soluble pigments); used by artists [syn: watercolour ] water-soluble pigment [syn: watercolour ] v. paint with watercolors [syn: watercolour ]
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
also water-color , 1590s, "pigment that dissolves in water," from water (n.1) + color (n.). Meaning "picture painted in watercolors" is attested from 1854.
Usage examples of watercolor.
Walls of dark-glazed pine were decorated with watercolors, limited-edition photoprints of outdoor scenes and animals, and Indian carvings.
The morning light poured through the conservatory windows, illuminating the spectacular spray of Plumeria rubra that Victoria was endeavoring to capture with her watercolors.
The Xmas cards had had excruciating little watercolor pictures of locomotives on them.
Full of pale lavender tints, soft pinks and light grays, it was a feminine room with pretty watercolors on the walls and painted-wood pieces that were elegant and graceful.
Mat thew stepped inside and looked around, taking in the handmade quilt on the bed, the lace curtains at the window and the framed watercolors hanging on the walls.
He caused controversy in 1998 when he submitted twenty oils, colored pencil sketches, and watercolors to the Correction on Canvas Art Show and Sale in Albany, New York, the state capital.
A silly smile was sliding down the side of his face like a dripping watercolor, and his eyeballs resembled a pair of pink pigeon eggs that were gently bouncing in saucers of yellow wonton soup.
A watercolor of a retrieverish dog cants and then falls from the wall on the staircase from the vibrations of Gately taking two stairs down at a time.
In addition to the thirty-two foot mahogany table with the NSA seal inlaid in black cherry and walnut, the conference room contained three Marion Pike watercolors, a Boston fern, a marble wet bar, and of course, the requisite Sparklett's water cooler.
In addition to the thirty-two foot mahogany tablewith the NSA seal inlaid in black cherry and walnut, the conferenceroom contained three Marion Pike watercolors, a Boston fern, amarble wet bar, and of course, the requisite Sparklett's watercooler.
The watercolor of a schooner that he took down from above the breakfast bar was just blank pasteboard on the reverse side.
Then, since she had bought the art supplies, she acquired watercolor paper and Bristol board as well.
So I get a tube of watercolor, cadmium red dark, and I get a big mop of a brush, and I fill a jar with water, and I begin to cover the paper with red.
She was impressed by the quality of the reliefs, and declared that the false door would make a splendid watercolor.
Below the foolscaps, placed so low I had to kneel to get a good look, were a couple of watercolors.