Watercolour

I.The origins of watercolour

• Palaeolithic period

• mixture: pigment and water

• Albrecht Dürer: German painter

• born: 1471
• dead: 1528

• most famous work: "Hare"

I.The origins of watercolour

• developed: English

• The Society of Painters in Water Colours

• William Reeves launches: 1 commercial manufacture of watercolour

• ink painting

• techniques and colours are different

• European model

II.The techniques of watercolour

• 3: washing technique

• uniform coat of paint

• gradient colour

• 1: wet on wet technique

• watercolour on wet paper

• blurred impression

• 4: sponge technique

• involves using a sponge

• texture and relief effects

• 2: dry on wet technique

• paint: to dry paper

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III.Contemporary watercolor works

unnamed watercolor by Elise Engh

evolution : modern subjets, more colors, abstarct works

Roger Hirsch, La Marie Dieu doublant la pointe de Kerro’ch, 2018

Hogwarts by Moon Print

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