watercolor

practice of applying watercolor to a surface
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watercolor

Summary

watercolor is a painting technique[1]. watercolor ranks in the top 10% of painting_technique entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,912 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • watercolor's instance of is recorded as painting technique[3].
  • watercolor's instance of is recorded as painting material[4].
  • watercolor is made of pigment[5].
  • watercolor is made of gum arabic solution[6].
  • watercolor is made of watercolor paint[7].
  • watercolor is a type of art of drawing[8].
  • watercolor's Commons category is recorded as Water color[9].
  • watercolor's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Watercolor painting[10].
  • watercolor's product or material produced is recorded as watercolor painting[11].
  • watercolor's described by source is recorded as Diccionario de materias y técnicas (II)[12].
  • watercolor's described by source is recorded as Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language[13].
  • watercolor's described by source is recorded as Technical Encyclopedia[14].
  • watercolor's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[15].
  • watercolor's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[16].
  • watercolor's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[17].
  • watercolor's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[18].
  • watercolor's described by source is recorded as The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[19].
  • watercolor's different from is recorded as watercolor painting[20].
  • watercolor's different from is recorded as watercolor paint[21].
  • watercolor's Artsy gene is recorded as watercolor[22].
  • watercolor's practiced by is recorded as watercolorist[23].
  • watercolor's significant person is recorded as John Robert Cozens[24].
  • watercolor's significant person is recorded as Charles E. Burchfield[25].
  • watercolor's significant person is recorded as Q380494[26].
  • watercolor's significant person is recorded as Edward Hopper[27].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include painting technique[3] and painting material[4]. watercolor is a type of art of drawing[8].

Why It Matters

watercolor ranks in the top 10% of painting_technique entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,912 views/month).[2] watercolor has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] watercolor is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . Diccionario de materias y técnicas (II). wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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