watercolor
noun
wa·ter·col·or
ˈwȯ-tər-ˌkə-lər 
ˈwä-
1
: a paint of which the liquid is a water dispersion of the binding material (such as glue, casein, or gum)
2
: the art or method of painting with watercolors
3
: a picture or design executed in watercolors
watercolor
adjective
Examples of watercolor in a Sentence
a landscape done in watercolor
He only works in watercolors.
We bought a watercolor of the shore.
Recent Examples on the Web
Suites come with watercolor kits, and there’s beading, basket making, plus sleepouts at the Baobab Treehouse for stargazing.
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Jordi Lippe-McGraw, Robb Report, 26 Sep. 2024
Threaded throughout the exhibition are commissioned works by Gutiérrez, as well as other contemporary Nahua, Tzotzil, Mixtec, and Zapotec artists, who have revived and reinterpreted Indigenous practices of pigment production, dyeing, weaving, and watercolor painting on amate bark paper.
—Harrison Jacobs, ARTnews.com, 19 Sep. 2024
At the kiosks stationed around the room, partiers snapped photos—and then took them to the next level with a Sketch-to-Image feature and AI functions that instantly turned photos into watercolors, sketches, and comics with the tap of a button.
—Baze Mpinja, Glamour, 13 Sep. 2024
The two of us turned to the window where Walter sat with his sketchbook, pushing watercolors across the pages.
—Bryan Washington, The New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2024
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Jordi Lippe-McGraw, Robb Report, 26 Sep. 2024
Threaded throughout the exhibition are commissioned works by Gutiérrez, as well as other contemporary Nahua, Tzotzil, Mixtec, and Zapotec artists, who have revived and reinterpreted Indigenous practices of pigment production, dyeing, weaving, and watercolor painting on amate bark paper.
—Harrison Jacobs, ARTnews.com, 19 Sep. 2024
At the kiosks stationed around the room, partiers snapped photos—and then took them to the next level with a Sketch-to-Image feature and AI functions that instantly turned photos into watercolors, sketches, and comics with the tap of a button.
—Baze Mpinja, Glamour, 13 Sep. 2024
The two of us turned to the window where Walter sat with his sketchbook, pushing watercolors across the pages.
—Bryan Washington, The New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2024
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watercolor
noun
wa·ter·col·or
ˈwȯt-ər-ˌkəl-ər
ˈwät-
1
: a paint whose liquid part is water
2
: a picture painted with watercolor
3
: the art of painting with watercolor
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