Watercolor Vocab

An even and light layer of color

• Translucent

• Gradation

• Wash

• Layer

When you use too much water so the paper bends

• Bleed

• Buckle

• Tooth

• Layer

Put on top of, paint over

• Layer

• gradation

• Opaque

• Bleed

Translucent

• Able to see through

• Unable to see through

• the texture of paper

• an even and light layer of color

What is watercolor?

• 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.

• like acrylic paint

• watery paint

• paint that doesn't need water

The surface on which watercolors are mixed before applying to surface.

• wells

• mixing board

• dry board

• Paint palette

Another name for color.

• Wash

• Color

• Hue

Paint that is NOT transparent.

• Tempera

• Transparent

• Opaque

What you hold and put paint on to create your artwork

• Handle

• Buckle

• Palette

• Brush

The texture of the paper

• buckle

• tooth

• grain

• cold press