watercolourwa‧ter‧col‧our British English, watercolor American English /ˈwɔːtəˌkʌlə $ ˈwɔːtərˌkʌlər, ˈwɑː-/ noun 
[countable usually plural, uncountable] a type of paint that you mix with water: 
Margaret began experimenting with watercolor.2[countable] a picture painted using watercolours: a watercolour of the castle
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
- I always use Langton watercolour paper, which I wash first so that no spots appear when laying on the colour.
- I have just started using the medium of watercolour, struggling along and producing paintings of a particular subject.
- Other watercolour and drawing papers are available.
- Soft haired brushes are mostly used for watercolour or tempera painting, with bristle mainly for oils.
- Stretching watercolour paper How do I stretch watercolour papers so that they remain completely smooth during use?
- The acrylic is not effective to use in the traditional opaque sense, it must be treated as a watercolour.
WORD SETS
abstract, nounacrylic, adjectiveacrylics, nounaltarpiece, nounaquatint, nounbrush, nounbrushwork, nouncanvas, nouncartridge paper, nouncollage, nouncubism, noundiptych, noundrawing, nouneasel, nounetching, nounexecute, verbexecution, nounfauvism, nounfigure, nounfix, verbfixative, nounframe, verbfreehand, adjectivefresco, nounfull face, adjectivegallery, nounglaze, noungouache, nounhalf-length, adjectivehatching, nounhighlight, nounhue, nounicon, nounillustration, nounillustrator, nounimpressionism, nounimpressionist, nounlettering, nounlife, nounline drawing, nounlithograph, nounlithography, nounminiature, nounminiaturist, nounmural, nounoil paint, nounoil painting, nounold master, nounpaintbox, nounpaintbrush, nounpainter, nounpainterly, adjectivepainting, nounpalette, nounpalette knife, nounpanel, nounpastel, nounpastel, adjectivepencil, nounperspective, nounpictogram, nounpigment, nounpointillism, nounportrait, nounportraiture, nounposter paint, nounprimitive, nounretouch, verbrice paper, nounseascape, nounself-portrait, nounshade, nounshade, verbshading, nounshow, verbsit, verbsitting, nounsketch, nounsketch, verbstencil, nounstencil, verbstill life, nounstipple, verbsubject, nounsurrealism, nounsurrealistic, adjectivetempera, nountrace, verbtriptych, nounview, nounwall painting, nounwatercolour, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
1 (=paint using a particular type of paint) He paints mainly in acrylics.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN He paints mainly in acrylics.· Either way, all of this is contrary to the popular understanding of the overall build of a watercolour painting.· They included taking lessons for her advanced driving test, watercolour painting and gardening.· I am teaching myself watercolour painting from books.· It certainly isn't a new invention: Turner used it to produce some of his finest watercolour paintings in the 1880s.· In this way, the paper contributes to the illuminating play of colour and light found only in watercolour painting.· For good measure, some of these ideas have been worked up into watercolour paintings.
· I always use Langton watercolour paper, which I wash first so that no spots appear when laying on the colour.· Papermakers use a variety of synthetic resin, starch and organic gelatin sizes in the manufacture of watercolour papers.· On watercolour paper, graduated effects are easily achieved by wiping back colour with the blender.· Stretching watercolour paper How do I stretch watercolour papers so that they remain completely smooth during use?· The Kurecolor markers gave good results on watercolour paper.· The finest quality watercolour papers are either hand-made or mould-made.
VERB· I have just started using the medium of watercolour, struggling along and producing paintings of a particular subject.· Soft haired brushes are mostly used for watercolour or tempera painting, with bristle mainly for oils.· I always use Langton watercolour paper, which I wash first so that no spots appear when laying on the colour.· The main advantage of using acrylic like a watercolour is that once it is applied, it dries to be water-resistant.· Although only using watercolour it appears that Green imitates the technique of painting boulders.
[countable usually plural, uncountable] a type of paint that you mix with water: Margaret began experimenting with watercolor.2[countable] a picture painted using watercolours: a watercolour of the castle