Professional Art InstructionWatercolor Painting Techniques
Click on a watercolor painting technique in the list below to see its definition.
- abstract
- alla prima
- atmospheric perspective
- bias
- brushwork
- calligraphy
- chiaroscuro
- composition
- color harmony
- color wheel
- comparative measurement
- complementary colors
- concept
- contour drawing
- contraposta
- contrast of saturation
- contrast of temperature
- cross hatching
- dominant temperature
- dominant value
- edge
- expressive
- eye movement
- far music
- flattening values
- focal area
- focal point
- form
- french easel
- glazing
- golden secton
- graceful line
- harmony
- hue
- hue changes on a form
- illusion
- interrelationship of line
- isochromes
- itness
- light plane
- limited palette
- line drawing
- linear compositional sketch
- local color
- lost edge
- luminosity
- masking fluid
- mass drawing
- mediums
- modeling
- mono-isochromes
- mop brush
- Munsell color system
- music
- near music
- negative shape
- Newton color system
- notan
- opaque
- open color
- optical color mixing
- organizational lines
- Otswald color system
- pentimenti
- perspective lines
- pigment
- plumb lines
- poetry
- pointillism
- poly-isochromes
- posterizing
- rabatment of the rectangle
- reflected light
- rhythm
- rigger brush
- saturation
- scumble
- selective rendering
- shade plane
- soft edge
- space division
- spectrum palette
- subject
- suggestion
- tangent avoidance
- tonal painting
- transparent colors
- triangulation
- two-value statement
- unequal space division
- unity and variety
- value
- warm/cool
- wet-in-wet