Media: Painting — Watercolor A modern medieval medium Artists have favored watercolors for their luminous transparency since medieval times, when they were widely used for manuscript illumination. Modern watercolors are a complex mix of pigments and ingredients that glides smoothly over paper when mixed with water — and since they're water-soluble, they are relatively easy to clean. Who says you can't take it with you? Watercolors are perhaps the most portable medium; each tiny tube or dried cake (called a pan) of watercolor packs a surprising quantity of rich, vibrant color. Watercolor artists don't need canvases or wooden panels, either; they usually paint on specialized papers made from linen rags. Light effects Paul Klee, Georgia O'Keeffe, and other famous modern artists have often chosen watercolors as their medium of choice when travelling or exploring the great outdoors. But modern watercolorists don't only paint landscapes and cityscapes; many American painters in particular have found that the subtle light effects they can achieve with watercolors help to capture the nuances of abstract and still life compositions. The artist opens the egg and separates the yolk from most of the white, repeatedly passing the yolk from one hand to the other to remove the last bits of white. Below are examples of watercolor paintings available on NextMonet. Click on any one to learn more about the individual work. Bannon Fu Ken Kirsch James Torlakson The main types of painting are: Acrylic  Encaustic  Gouache  Oil  Sumi  Tempera  Watercolor  Mixed Media