水彩(すいさい)

すいさい
noun
watercolor (painting technique or medium)
1. watercolor (painting technique or medium)
watercolor (painting technique or medium)
水彩(すいさい)で絵(え)を描(か)く。
To paint a picture in watercolor.
水彩画(すいさいが)の展覧会(てんらんかい)に行(い)ってきた。
I went to a watercolor painting exhibition.
子供(こども)の頃(ころ)は水彩(すいさい)絵(え)の具(ぐ)でよく遊(あそ)んだものだ。
When I was a child, I used to play a lot with watercolor paints.

Refers to the painting technique using water-soluble pigments, as well as paintings created with this medium. Commonly encountered in art education and gallery contexts.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 水彩画(すいさいが): watercolor painting (the artwork)
  • 水彩(すいさい)絵(え)の具(ぐ): watercolor paints (the materials)
  • 透明(とうめい)水彩(すいさい): transparent watercolor
  • 不透明(ふとうめい)水彩(すいさい): opaque watercolor (gouache)

SIMILAR WORDS:

  • 油彩(ゆさい): oil painting — uses oil-based paints; produces richer, more opaque colors
  • 油絵(あぶらえ): oil painting — more colloquial than 油彩(ゆさい)
  • 色鉛筆(いろえんぴつ): colored pencils — a dry drawing medium, not paint-based
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