- November 11, 2009
- Watercolor
Technique of Watercolor Painting
It is easier and more productive having a private room to work. Some painters need more space than others. Having your own workspace is a great privilege. Not everyone has the good fortune to have even the desire to paint let alone their own workspace where they can experiment and learn to develop a God given talent.
Watercolor (US) or Watercolour (UK) (and "aquarelle" in French) is a painting method. A watercolor is the medium or the resulting artwork, 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. In East Asia, watercolor painting with inks is referred to as brush painting or scroll painting. In Chinese, Korean, and Japanese painting it has been the dominant medium, often in monochrome black or browns. India, Ethiopia and other countries also have long traditions. Fingerpainting with watercolor paints originated in China.