--- title: "16 Watercolour Quotes by 11 authors" description: "Browse 16 Watercolour quotes by 11 authors. Discover the best Watercolour sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a3/truth-devour-1592_artist_paint-me-by-numbers-and-colour-me-in-wat_283977.jpg" --- > [“Paint me by numbers and colour me in watercolour half tones.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/truth-devour/paint-me-by-numbers-and-colour-me-in-watercolour-half-tones/) [Truth Devour](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/truth-devour/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a3/truth-devour-1592_artist_paint-me-by-numbers-and-colour-me-in-wat_283977.jpg) > [“On one wall there was a recent watercolour — Saint E.O. Wilson of Hymenoptera”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/on-one-wall-there-was-a-recent-watercolour-saint-e-o-wilson-of/) [Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/321/margaret-atwood-40_artist_on-one-wall-there-was-a-recent-watercolo_2738527.jpg) > [Watercolour could have been used more by the modernists. It is so direct, and when the white paper convention is accepted, so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-milne/watercolour-could-have-been-used-more-by-the-modernists-it-is-so/) [David Milne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-milne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b86/david-milne-26057_accepted_watercolour-could-have-been-used-more-by_134505.png) > [It is remarkable how very individual technique becomes in watercolour. Every man of personality finally arrives at a method peculiarly his own,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-j-phillips/it-is-remarkable-how-very-individual-technique-becomes-in-watercolour/) [Walter J. Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-j-phillips/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c98/walter-j-phillips-8536_artist_it-is-remarkable-how-very-individual-tec_2723506.jpg) > [Watercolour is not especially difficult, but I must warn you to steer clear of those pretty English watercolourists, so skilful and alas…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/camille-pissarro/watercolour-is-not-especially-difficult-but-i-must-warn-you-to-steer/) [Camille Pissarro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/camille-pissarro/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a7a/camille-pissarro-21486_alas_watercolour-is-not-especially-difficult_2227402.jpg) > [What a splendid thing watercolour is to express atmosphere and distance, so that the figure is surrounded by air and can breathe…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vincent-van-gogh/what-a-splendid-thing-watercolour-is-to-express-atmosphere-and/) [Vincent Van Gogh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vincent-van-gogh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1a1/vincent-van-gogh-486_air_what-a-splendid-thing-watercolour-is-to_1064450.jpg) > [With watercolour, you can pick up the atmosphere, the temperature, the sound of snow shifting through the trees or over the ice…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-wyeth/with-watercolour-you-can-pick-up-the-atmosphere-the-temperature-the/) [Andrew Wyeth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-wyeth/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f43/andrew-wyeth-11988_artist_with-watercolour-you-can-pick-up-the-atm_501992.png) > [Many of the old masters of watercolour painted from notes, with enthusiasm either unabated or renewed. It is hard to assume the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-j-phillips/many-of-the-old-masters-of-watercolour-painted-from-notes-with/) [Walter J. Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-j-phillips/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ac/walter-j-phillips-8536_artist_many-of-the-old-masters-of-watercolour-p_481040.jpg) > [Watercolour is probably the most satisfying of all mediums. Although difficult in the beginning, after practice its mysteries will unfold, providing the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-lovett/watercolour-is-probably-the-most-satisfying-of-all-mediums-although/) [Robert A. Lovett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-a-lovett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/546/robert-a-lovett-88277_dedicated_watercolour-is-probably-the-most-satisfy_1279048.jpg) > [There is the process of enlarging a watercolour, which actually amounts to copying its good points and improving its bad ones, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-j-phillips/there-is-the-process-of-enlarging-a-watercolour-which-actually/) [Walter J. Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-j-phillips/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c9/walter-j-phillips-8536_amount_there-is-the-process-of-enlarging-a-wate_1067961.jpg) > [“When I see how several painters I know here are struggling with their watercolours and paintings so that they can't see a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vincent-van-gogh/when-i-see-how-several-painters-i-know-here-are-struggling-with-their/) [Vincent Van Gogh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vincent-van-gogh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c1/vincent-van-gogh-486_friendship_when-i-see-how-several-painters-i-know-h_302198.jpg) > [Copying is an art in itself, demanding the greatest technical ability, especially in watercolour. However well done, the copy invariably lacks that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-j-phillips/copying-is-an-art-in-itself-demanding-the-greatest-technical-ability/) [Walter J. Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-j-phillips/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/94e/walter-j-phillips-8536_ability_copying-is-an-art-in-itself-demanding-th_1979905.jpg) > [Clive Dunn, as I understand it, retired to the south of Spain, where he worked extensively in watercolours. I don't own any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-laurie/clive-dunn-as-i-understand-it-retired-to-the-south-of-spain-where-he/) [Hugh Laurie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-laurie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/493/hugh-laurie-2413_army_clive-dunn-as-i-understand-it-retired-to_774938.png) > [There was a village watercolour society and they'd come and paint in my field. I watched them from the window, the way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicolas-roeg/there-was-a-village-watercolour-society-and-they-d-come-and-paint-in/) [Nicolas Roeg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicolas-roeg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/315/nicolas-roeg-8708_angle_there-was-a-village-watercolour-society_1454480.png) > [With watercolour, you can't cover up the marks. There's the story of the construction of the picture, and then the picture might…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-hockney/with-watercolour-you-can-t-cover-up-the-marks-there-s-the-story-of/) [David Hockney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-hockney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb8/david-hockney-1395_artist_with-watercolour-you-can-t-cover-up-the_387721.png) > [Watercolour painting is notoriously difficult - so much depends on directness and speed, and certainty of intention. Tentative or fumbling touches are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-j-phillips/watercolour-painting-is-notoriously-difficult-so-much-depends-on/) [Walter J. Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-j-phillips/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ba/walter-j-phillips-8536_certainty_watercolour-painting-is-notoriously-diff_1027610.jpg) ## Top authors on Watercolour - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-walter-j-phillips-94384.jpg) Walter J. Phillips 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/watercolour/walter-j-phillips/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/watercolour/#itemlist", "name": "Watercolour Quotes", "numberOfItems": 16, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Paint me by numbers and colour me in watercolour half tones.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Truth Devour" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/truth-devour/paint-me-by-numbers-and-colour-me-in-watercolour-half-tones/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a3/truth-devour-1592_artist_paint-me-by-numbers-and-colour-me-in-wat_283977.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a3/truth-devour-1592_artist_paint-me-by-numbers-and-colour-me-in-wat_283977.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a3/truth-devour-1592_artist_paint-me-by-numbers-and-colour-me-in-wat_283977.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Paint me by numbers and colour me in watercolour half tones.” — Truth Devour", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“On one wall there was a recent watercolour — Saint E.O. 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