watercolor

The menus would be illustrated by hand, which sounds charming until you’ve spent an entire afternoon trying to get the shading right on a watercolor artichoke.

From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2026

I may never open that bistro, and perhaps that’s just as well for the accountant and the watercolor artichokes.

From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2026

In Sabina Hahn’s spare, watercolor illustrations, the pickle is a burnished emerald green with round eyes and no mouth—which makes it all the more remarkable when it begins to speak.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026

Smitten by Monson de Kansky’s performance, he presented the dancer with a watercolor painting of their characters in the ballet.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026

The world around her had lost its color; everything looked gray and cloudy like a smudged watercolor painting.

From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega

Take poor Daffy Duck, living up to his namesake, spending his days painting watercolors in the pleasant confines of a cartoon asylum.

From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2026

With so many eye-catching objects to behold, the watercolors and manuscripts, as refined as they are, can seem overshadowed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026

I was drawn to some watercolors there, bought a few cards and spoke with one of the artists.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026

She had always been creative, experimenting with watercolors and learning to sew and embroider at a young age.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026

Vincent finds oils easier to paint with than watercolors, and loves to lay the paint on thickly, a technique called impasto.

From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman