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watercolor

[waw-ter-kuhl-er, wot-er-] / ˈwɔ tərˌkʌl ər, ˈwɒt ər- /




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“It is a very sweet watercolor of a funny old thing in a flowery dress and bonnet,” Neill said of the artwork.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 15, 2026

That gallery is where I discovered my love for watercolor painting.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 10, 2026

“Christ Is Risen” reads the headline on one email included in the lawsuit, which was decorated with a watercolor illustration of an open cave decorated with flowers.

From Salon May 25, 2026

Peg Ginsberg recalls squad cars speeding past her Main Street watercolor studio the day the groups swarmed the facility.

From The Wall Street Journal May 7, 2026

The cover was a beautiful watercolor of a dripping green heart, with one symbolic drop of red paint.

From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi

In a small, light-filled room near the top of the Laurel Canyon home where she’s lived since 1962, Saar spends the morning filling sketchbooks with watercolors.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 15, 2026

As a teenager, she was inspired by one of his watercolors, “Itka the Bundist, Breaking Windows.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

Just as you’ll be glad to linger over Ms. Morris’s vivid watercolors, many of them on backgrounds of gold leaf.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 12, 2026

Whether or not she’s the second coming of him as an artist, she’s more insightful than he ever was insulting watercolors of kittens on TV.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 9, 2026

By day she embroidered, read, or painted insipid watercolors around the house, under Nana’s approving glance, now that she could finally sleep in peace.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende




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