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What is your definition of watercolour ???
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<p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify">Right or wrong ? Watercolour's definition considerably varies depending on the place it is practised. <p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify">Here are two examples :<p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify">In France, "watercolour" means watercolour pigment and water. The approach is purist and the use of bodypaint or acrylic to add some highlights to the painting is proscribed. On the contrary, in the United States, watercolour means working in any water soluble media (watercolour, acrylic, gouache, casein, and egg tempera) on paper. According to the American Watercolor Society, a watercolour may be a work made of watercolour pigments washes and acrylic, for example. However, it refuses works on canvas, collage and mixed media (ink, pastel, ...).<p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify">Here, in Belgium, the great salons and exhibitions follow the French principles.<p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify">As far as I am concerned, I think that the most important is that the watercolour paintings should be produced in a manner that guarantees the works permanence by using good quality materials. I also think that the use of artifacts (mediums, gouache or acrylic) can be permitted but watercolour must stay the first medium of a watercolour painting.<p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify">I would like to know your conception of watercolour, wherever you are (UK, Australia, USA, ...).