water-colour

/'wɔ:tə,kʌlə/

Thân thiện

A child paints a simple water-colour of a house and a tree.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • The art or technique of painting with watercolors: This refers to the artistic practice of creating pictures using paints that are mixed with water.
   • A painting produced with watercolors: This is a specific artwork created using watercolor paints.
   • A water-base paint (with water-soluble pigments); used by artists: This refers to the physical paint itself, which is composed of pigments that dissolve in water.
   • Water-soluble pigment: This is the coloring substance that dissolves in water to create the paint.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • She studied water-colour at the art school. (She studied the art of painting with watercolors at the art school.)
  • The gallery is exhibiting beautiful water-colours of the countryside. (The gallery is exhibiting beautiful paintings made with watercolors of the countryside.)
  • He prefers using water-colour because it dries quickly. (He prefers using the water-based paint because it dries quickly.)

Advanced Usage

• "In water-colour": Describing the medium used for a painting.
  • The portrait was executed in water-colour. (The portrait was painted using watercolors.)

Variants and Related Words

• Watercolor (noun): A common alternative spelling, especially in American English, with the same meanings.
• Watercolorist (noun): An artist who paints with watercolors.
  • She is a renowned watercolorist. (She is a famous artist who paints with watercolors.)

Synonyms

• Aquarelle (noun): A term, often used in a more technical or artistic context, for a painting done in transparent watercolors.

Related Phrases

• Water-colour painting: The activity or result of creating art with watercolors.
  • Her hobby is water-colour painting. (Her hobby is the activity of painting with watercolors.)
• Water-colour set: A collection of watercolor paints and sometimes brushes.
  • He bought a new water-colour set. (He bought a new set of watercolor paints.)

Học thuật

Noun

1. the art or technique of painting with watercolors
2. a painting produced with watercolors
3. a water-base paint (with water-soluble pigments); used by artists
4. water-soluble pigment

Từ đồng nghĩa

• watercolor
• water-color
• watercolour