TRANSPARENT, SEMI-TRANSPARENT, OPAQUE PAINTS

Watercolour paints are relatively all transparent, they make it possible to create a transparent picturesque layer through which white paper works. The rays of light, reflecting from its surface, seem to illuminate the painting itself, from which it seems so luminous to us.

Artists' FAQ: What Defines an Opaque Paint?

Transparent versus Translucent

WHITE NIGHTS WATERCOLOURS

HISTORICAL BACKGROUND

Opacity vs Transparency in Acrylic

How to make acrylic paint transparent

The World of Watercolor: Transparency

Plein air watercolour painting with Elena Bazanova.

TRANSPARENT, SEMI-TRANSPARENT, OPAQUE PAINTS