Watercolor Vocab

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Even, light color layer

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Wash

Front

Too much water causes paper to bend.

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Buckle

Front

Put on top of, paint over

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Layer

Front

Translucent

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Able to see through

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Watercolor: a painting method using pigments in a water-based solution, referring to both the medium and the artwork.

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is a painting method in which the paints are made of pigments suspended in a water-based solution. Watercolor refers to both the medium and the resulting artwork.

Front

Surface for mixing watercolors.

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Paint palette

Front

Another name for color.

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Hue

Front

Paint that is NOT transparent.

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Opaque

Front

What holds paint for artwork?

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Brush

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Texture of paper

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tooth