Watercolor dictionary
Have you ever wondered what a watercolor is well…
Facts.
- A water color is practically just a normal color with a different shade almost like blue and dark blue but water colors are a little bit more complicated than that
- There are two main watercolor companies called Winsor and Newton
- there are original colors like brown, blue and more
- You need to add water to the paint to make it a watercolor, if you don’t the color will just dry out.
Definition /Dictionary
Dilute-adding water to paint in order of lightening the color of the paint
Intensity-A color’s brightness or strength
Glazing-Adding a thin layers of one color over another color
Layering-Adding color that have been mixed over another color to change its value or intensity
Value or Tone-The different from light to dark of a color to find out shadows and highlights of an object
Tint- creating color by adding more water then usually to the original to created a weaker color
Movement- the effect that you get when you let water move around the page
Water into color- where you use water to mix the paint on a pallet onto the paper
Color into water- where you paint the page with water first then add color into it
Dry brush-a dry brush with little paint and liquid over the paper for texture
Landscape-A large area with little scenery,like a desert landscape
Cool colors-colors that make you think of coldness
Warm colors- colors that make you think of warm places
Atmospheric perspective-Creating the illusion of distance by fading colors and taking away detail.
Dilute
Intensity
Glazing watercolor
Layering
Value or tone
Tint.
Movement.
Water into color
Color into water
Dry brush
Landscape.
Cool colors
Warm color
Atmospheric perspective