Watercolour Painting

Watercolour painting was first invented in Europe. Before watercolour paints people commonly used Buon Fresco painting which was similar to watercolours it used pigments in a water medium then painted onto wet plaster. A very famous example of this style of painting is the Sistine Chapel. The earliest known watercolour painting was by Raffaello Santi, who painted full scale cartoons as templates for tapestry designs. The first school of watercolour painting was set up in Europe by Hans Bol who used influences such as German watercolour painter Albrecht Durer.

Watercolour paint is made from finely-ground dye mixed with gum Arabic. (Gum Arabic is a natural gum also called gum acacia. It is a substance that is taken from two Saharan species of the acacia tree. It is mostly used in the food industry as a stabilizer, but has a wider range of uses. The...