Airy and stylish - Watercolor technique tattoos, as an independent style
The watercolor art form, that is known with its fluidity and vivid hues, has been well-liked among artists for centuries. This style, which origin is East Asia, eventually spread to the Western world, gaining popularity for its ability to capture light and movement in a special volatile form. Artists began experimenting with different tattooing techniques and styles. Today it seems, that watercolor tattoos take on a new spike and popularity, it by no means a new style. In the 1960s, this style was also popular, using the same color mixtures and bright color palettes to give the tattoo a more abstract feel without bringing out the essence of watercolors. In the eighties marked the beginning of a real era of watercolor tattoos.
Artists, for example, Amanda Wachob and Ondrash were among the first to popularize this style, pushing the boundaries of traditional tattooing and introducing a new form of artistic expression. Beautiful and vibrant without covering the skin with hyper-color pigment. This technique mimics watercolor painting with color that minimally bleeds outside the lines.
Watercolor tattoo is not just a popular tattooing tendency - it's an art form in itself :)
To create a watercolor tattoo, is required a fine technical skill and artistic intuition balance. Unlike traditional tattooing, in which often is used a precise stencil, watercolor tattoos are usually created after free-hand principle, thus ensuring greater spontaneity and improvisation. However, generally the templates are first placed on paper with watercolors and after that redrawn on skin. Brush strokes are an essential part of watercolor tattoo making component. Artists use different types of brushes to apply ink to the skin, mimicking the brush strokes, what are used in traditional watercolor paintings. This technique allows for better control over application of colors and helps create soft edges and merging colors, that are characteristic of watercolor tattoos.
Artists need to understand color theory and composition to achieve the desired effect, meticulously arranging pigments to create depth and dimension. In-depth knowledge is very important about color combinations. Painting proficiencies are simply an integral of this style :)
Good watercolor tattoo artists are inspired by classical painting, which has been practiced and cultivated for years, studying classical art painting at school - tattoo is the ability to imitate the spontaneous and free-flowing nature of watercolor painting on the skin.
Negative space refers to design areas, that are left blank or unpainted, But that You already know from our previous publications on negative space tattoos. In watercolor tattoos, no matter how surprising it wouldn’t be negative space is also fairly often utilized. Its interaction helps to create depth and contrast, thus creating a feeling of lightness and airiness, making the colors of the tattoo more vivid and dynamic.
I.n.t.e.r.e.s.t.i.n.g - complementary colors are additional color pairs, that in the color wheel are facing each other. Using these colors together, they create a strong contrast and can make the design more visually appealing. For example, blue and orange are complementary colors that create a surprising and stylish striking effect.
Generally, a watercolor tattoo refers to the style and technique of how it is executed, but exist supplementation opportunities, that permits the transformation of an existing image into a watercolor tattoo design. This is all thanks to an understanding of color theory and how different colors interact with each other.
Watercolor tattoos have a natural creative rejection that can enhance the look of Your tattoo color. Colors are being mellowed and those lose their edge, although traditional tattoos consist of strong outlines, watercolor tattoos and their gradual coloring soften and at the same time highlight the already existing tattoo on Your skin.
Watercolor tattoos are a departure from the traditional approach to tattooing. Watercolor tattoos mimic fluidity and spontaneity by seamlessly blending colors and incorporating asymmetry, causing a subtle, organic and painterly aesthetic.
When J.Lo was asked for her thoughts on her ex-Ben Affleck's vibrant Phoenix back tattoo, besides, she was in charge at the time "Awful!" — she expressed advice: «His tattoos always have too many colors. They shouldn’t be so colorful. You know what I mean? They should be cooler.”
One's own truth in these words is! Know :)
Colors and watercolors are integral components, but the black diluted ink technique is another school of art that expresses emotions without colors at all, breaks down the border and opens another dimension :) where only the master and the brush or, in our case, the needle remain. Surely some of you will say, that this is gray & wash technique work, but it isn't really.
Grey&wash doesn’t give up contour lines, they are necessary to keep the shape, which is important for this style. The essential difference between watercolor tattooing is the specific skills required, which are not taught in traditional apprenticeships unlike grey&wash :)
Of course, all styles and techniques can be combined and this is a great way to help develop this dynamic art tattoo industry, which is annually supplemented with some modern style that gradually inherits Your recognition and becomes popular.
Get ready to sit - Watercolor tattoo sessions usually last longer than the same size work in another tattoo style. Watercolor tattoos will require a lot of layering, You will come back again and again and work over the same spots to get the right look with the right amount of color. This is necessary to create color bleed effects and make color mixtures authentic.
What sets watercolor tattoos apart from other styles is their uniqueness. Each watercolor tattoo is unique because of color mixing and type, how they interact with the skin cannot be exactly replicated. T h i s r e n d e r s w a t e r c o l o r tattoos truly special and personal to those who wear them. Also a reward for master i s m a t c h a b l e to the degree of w o r k intricacy.
Another integral part of watercolor tattoos is the layering technique, this genre experts delicately create layers of transparent colors layers, to achieve the desired effect. This method is particularly effective to capture the watercolor pigment ethereal and fluid nature. The ink is not diluted just like watercolor, but is applied in a slightly different technique. Most prevalent techniques, that must be mastered by tattoo artist, to achieve a watercolor effect are blurring, shading, fading, and running.
The watercolor tattoo style has a minimal amount of lines to result in an organically flowing and beautiful artwork, reminiscent of a painting style. A watercolor tattoo should look as if someone on Your skin has printed a watercolor artwork. In truth, it's a part of the phenomenon, that surrounds this style of tattoo. They look somehow impossible and are really under the skin :)
The appeal of watercolor tattoos lies in their ability to evoke emotions and convey personal stories through images. Each tattoo becomes a wearable piece of art, that reflects its wearer's individuality and creativity.
Watercolor tattoos offer a different and captivating aesthetic, one subject, one technique, one butterfly. The realistic detail precision and watercolor painting dreamy, free and flowing nature is able to conjure up the most unusual plot lines without changing the subject:)
Watercolor tattoos are a true representation of artistic creation on the skin. They have long become a canvas for personal expression, blending the ancient art of tattooing with the ethereal beauty of watercolor paintings. The evolution of this style is a testament to the endless artistic possibilities of expression and the body art continuously changing character.
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Artists, who work and develop this style have reached such a high level of performance in this technique that the drawing is often no longer distinguishable from classical watercolor painting. Closer look upon these works, a feeling arises, that the image on the skin was created using ordinary brushes and paints that you can buy in the supermarket :) Also, the lack of black outlines in these tattoos means that the colors themselves become the focal point. There is no black in classic watercolor, however, in tattooing masters often use it to create additional contrast or reflect the effect of movement. Each master has its own hidden tricks in the pocket, which distinguish its works from others, making them special in Your eyes.
Find your master, read us and be patient, we are coming! To open a new world of tattooing directly for You :) Although there is no consensus in society about the need for tattoo parlors, we don't need consensus to create great art. We are here to stay :):):):)
