Originals in this selection, Watercolor.
Formats from 25 x 17 to 80 x 60 cm.
Water joins in
Watercolor lives on the white of the paper and on paint that moves by itself across a wet sheet. Watercolors for sale offer lightness, transparency and the trace of a moment.
In watercolor the water takes part: it carries pigment across the paper, forms edges and lets colors flow into one another. Corrections are hardly possible, so a successful piece radiates ease. The bright paper stands in for the white that other techniques have to paint.
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Subjects and styles
Popular are Impressionism with floating light, Surrealism for dream imagery and Abstract for free color fields. Expressive and gestural also appears when painters work wet in wet with large swings. Ink or acrylic can add accents; see Material Ink or Material Acrylic.
Protection and price
Watercolor is light-sensitive: hang it behind glass and away from sun, and use an acid-free mat. A gentle entry point is sheets under 500 euro; how the material is built up you can read under Material Watercolor.