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Recent Examples of watercolor
The curator arranged for the work to be restored at Schweitzer’s expense, but after no sale materialized, the watercolor was sent back to Schweitzer’s secretary in Paris in 1939.
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Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 27 May 2026
Some promoters recognized that watercolor images painted in 1585 by the artist John White depicting the Carolina Algonquians of the Outer Banks could perhaps generate interest – and investments.
—Peter C. Mancall, The Conversation, 25 May 2026
Nude or near-nude, pert or pendulous of breast and bare or near-bare of pudendum, these women—rendered with great verve and skill, mostly in oils, but, occasionally, in pastels, graphite, collage, or watercolor—are sexy in a pornographic, girly-mag sort of way.
—Naomi Fry, New Yorker, 23 May 2026
Blooming gel gives the flower its sheer, watercolor-like effect.
—Ariel Wodarcyk, InStyle, 22 May 2026
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Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 27 May 2026
Some promoters recognized that watercolor images painted in 1585 by the artist John White depicting the Carolina Algonquians of the Outer Banks could perhaps generate interest – and investments.
—Peter C. Mancall, The Conversation, 25 May 2026
Nude or near-nude, pert or pendulous of breast and bare or near-bare of pudendum, these women—rendered with great verve and skill, mostly in oils, but, occasionally, in pastels, graphite, collage, or watercolor—are sexy in a pornographic, girly-mag sort of way.
—Naomi Fry, New Yorker, 23 May 2026
Blooming gel gives the flower its sheer, watercolor-like effect.
—Ariel Wodarcyk, InStyle, 22 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for watercolor
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The first iteration of the lottery was won by Jeffrey Gonano, a 25-year-old man from a suburb of Pittsburgh, who won a L’Homme au Gibus (1914), also a gouache on paper.—
Leigh Anne Miller,
ARTnews.com,
15 Apr. 2026
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Ari Hodara, a 59-year-old software engineer from Paris, won Tête de femme (1941), or head of a woman, a gouache-on-paper portrait, according to Reuters.—
Michelle Del Rey,
USA Today,
15 Apr. 2026
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In that same spirit, VF worked with Muñoz to create artistic portraits in pencil, watercolor, and acrylic at the dinner.—
José Criales-Unzueta,
Vanity Fair,
9 June 2026
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The artists shared a wide variety of techniques and mediums – pastel, watercolor, oil, acrylic and mixed media.—
Julie Gallant,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
3 June 2026
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The chain capitalized on the popularity, releasing a $3 pastel mini tote on April 8, 2025 also flew off the shelves.—
Chiara Kim,
PEOPLE,
30 Apr. 2026
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Falling somewhere between a fresh pastel and a polished neutral, the hue brings a sense of lightness without sacrificing sophistication.—
Christina Holevas,
Vogue,
25 Apr. 2026
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Meanwhile, fashion illustrator Talia Zoref was on hand and busy creating aquarelle sketches for guests to take home.—
Camila Hennessy,
Vogue,
5 July 2017
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“Watercolor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/watercolor. Accessed 14 Jun. 2026.
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