“On one wall there was a recent watercolour — Saint E.O. Wilson of Hymenoptera” — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
Watercolour could have been used more by the modernists. It is so direct, and when the white paper convention is accepted, so… — David Milne Copy Share Image
It is remarkable how very individual technique becomes in watercolour. Every man of personality finally arrives at a method peculiarly his own,… — Walter J. Phillips Copy Share Image
Watercolour is not especially difficult, but I must warn you to steer clear of those pretty English watercolourists, so skilful and alas… — Camille Pissarro Copy Share Image
What a splendid thing watercolour is to express atmosphere and distance, so that the figure is surrounded by air and can breathe… — Vincent Van Gogh Copy Share Image
With watercolour, you can pick up the atmosphere, the temperature, the sound of snow shifting through the trees or over the ice… — Andrew Wyeth Copy Share Image
Many of the old masters of watercolour painted from notes, with enthusiasm either unabated or renewed. It is hard to assume the… — Walter J. Phillips Copy Share Image
Watercolour is probably the most satisfying of all mediums. Although difficult in the beginning, after practice its mysteries will unfold, providing the… — Robert A. Lovett Copy Share Image
There is the process of enlarging a watercolour, which actually amounts to copying its good points and improving its bad ones, and… — Walter J. Phillips Copy Share Image
“When I see how several painters I know here are struggling with their watercolours and paintings so that they can't see a… — Vincent Van Gogh Copy Share Image
Copying is an art in itself, demanding the greatest technical ability, especially in watercolour. However well done, the copy invariably lacks that… — Walter J. Phillips Copy Share Image
Clive Dunn, as I understand it, retired to the south of Spain, where he worked extensively in watercolours. I don't own any… — Hugh Laurie Copy Share Image
There was a village watercolour society and they'd come and paint in my field. I watched them from the window, the way… — Nicolas Roeg Copy Share Image
With watercolour, you can't cover up the marks. There's the story of the construction of the picture, and then the picture might… — David Hockney Copy Share Image
Watercolour painting is notoriously difficult - so much depends on directness and speed, and certainty of intention. Tentative or fumbling touches are… — Walter J. Phillips Copy Share Image
