The National Trust says the artists who illustrated the book were inspired by trips to London Zoo.

When someone finds out that I work in watercolour, their immediate response is often “But watercolour techniques are so hard!” An unsurprising reaction, perhaps… I discovered watercolour as a teenager ...

Van Gogh’s magnificent watercolour Wheatstacks has always been hidden away in private collections. Last exhibited in 1905, it has only now been reproduced in colour. Last month I revealed how the ...

Before photography was around to detail the natural world, there were watercolor paintings. A recently launched database has digitized 80,000 (and counting) works painted during the medium’s heyday, ...

Tasmanian watercolour artist Rod Gardner has spent thousands of hours painting the streets of Launceston. "It's what I enjoy most … I do landscapes and I do portraits, but this is what I'm most ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Is Tate allergic to beauty? The solo exhibitions this winter at the four Tates – Susan Hiller at Millbank, Gabriel ...

Warm weather inevitably begs for pastel nails as we swap our moody winter manicures for something altogether lighter and fresher. Watercolour nails, which have racked up more than 16 million views on ...

Watercolour eyes are a soft, artistic makeup trend replacing sharp creases with diffused colour washes. Using cream textures ...