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Watercolor is the practice of applying water-based paint to a surface, typically paper, using brushes or other tools. It matters because it's a versatile and accessible artistic medium that has been used by artists for centuries to create paintings across many styles and subjects.
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An artist working on a watercolor using a round brush Love's Messenger, an 1885 watercolor and tempera by Marie Spartali Stillman
Watercolor (American English) or watercolour (Commonwealth English; see spelling differences), also aquarelle ( French: [akwaʁɛl]; from Italian diminutive of Latin aqua 'water'), 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.