Pondering

Arthur Garfield Dove

Composition in Green and Gray (Untitled)

1930 · Tempera, watercolor and black ink on paper · Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA

Joseph Mallord William Turner

Catania, Sicily

1825 · Transparent and opaque watercolor on paper · Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA

French 16th Century

Do Not Eat Beans

1514 · Pen and brown ink with watercolor on laid paper · National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.

Denise Green

#10 Villa Guilia

2002 · Ink, watercolor, airbrush acrylic, and wax crayon on paper · Brown University Bell Gallery, Providence, RI

François-Auguste Ravier

Approaching Morestal

1845 · Black chalk over graphite with gray and brown wash and blue watercolor on pale blue paper, laid down on old mount · National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.

James McBey

The Quay at Veere

1922 · Black ink applied with pen and brush, and watercolor on cream laid paper · Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA

Walter Gramatté

The Great Anxiety (Self-Portrait in Three-Quarter Profile to the Right)

1918 · Drypoint with transparent watercolor · National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.

John Singer Sargent

The Garden Wall

1910 · Translucent and opaque watercolor, with wax resist, over graphite on paper · Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA

Egid Quirin Asam

The Life of Ignatius Loyola

1749 · Brush and gray wash with watercolor over graphite, heightened with white, on laid paper · National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.

Charles W. Bartlett

Near the Great Wall, II

1925 · Etching hand-colored with watercolor · Honolulu Museum of Art, Honolulu, HI

Thomas Moran

Buildings by Moonlight

1875 · Black ink wash and watercolor on wove paper · National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.

Nihal Chand

Endless Vistas at Kishangarh

18th Century · Opaque watercolor on paper · Harvard Art Museum, Cambridge, MA

Charles W. Bartlett

Boroboedoer Java

1927 · Etching, engraving, drypoint hand-colored with watercolor · Honolulu Museum of Art, Honolulu, HI

Winslow Homer

Boys and Kitten

1873 · Transparent and opaque watercolor over graphite on thick, textured, cream wove paper · Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA

Joseph Mallord William Turner

Sunset

1845 · Transparent watercolor on paper · Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA

John La Farge

Wild Roses

1895 · Watercolor and opaque watercolor on medium thick, smooth, cream wove paper, attached to board · Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA

Robert Caney

Fantastic Pavilions in a Grotto

19th Century · Pen and black ink with watercolor and gouache over graphite on wove paper · National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.

Charles W. Bartlett

The Diver Hawaii

1927 · Etching hand-colored with watercolor · Honolulu Museum of Art, Honolulu, HI

Winslow Homer

Going Berrying

1879 · Black chalk and opaque white watercolor on buff paper · Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA

William James Müller

Interior of the Church of San Benedetto, Subiaco

1837 · Brown wash and watercolor over graphite, with scratching out on wove paper · National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.

Sakai Hoitsu

Cranes

19th Century · Ink, watercolor, and gold on paper · Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA

Hannah Höch

Untitled

1945 · Cut-and-pasted printed paper and watercolor on paper · Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY

Charles W. Bartlett

Brittany Chapel, II

1912 · Etching, drypoint hand-colored with watercolor · Honolulu Museum of Art, Honolulu, HI

Richard Westall

The Reaper (The Harvest Moon)

18th Century · Pen and gray ink with gray wash and watercolor over graphite on wove paper · National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.

Charles-Joseph de La Celle

Eva Sophia Piper (1757-1816)

18-19th Century · Gum arabic, and watercolor on silver and ivory · Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, Sweden

Charles Herbert Woodbury

Canal Scene, Holland: The Green Mill

1894 · Transparent and opaque watercolor over graphite pencil on paper · Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA

French 16th Century

Do Not Eat Your Heart Out

1515 · Pen and brown ink with watercolor on laid paper · National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.

Reginald Marsh

Tessie's Bridal Shop

1946 · Double-sided drawing: black ink wash and watercolor over graphite on medium thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper · Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA

Théodule Ribot

Kitchen Interior

1862 · Pen and brown ink, brown wash and watercolor · Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, MA

Juan Gris

Man and Woman on Bench

1909 · Charcoal, gouache, and watercolor · National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.

Claude-Louis Châtelet

Second View of the Agrigento Countryside

1778 · Pen and brown and black ink with watercolor and gray wash over graphite on laid paper, with a partial framing line in brown and gray ink · National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.

Charles W. Bartlett

Moonlight on Western Hills, Peking

1923 · Etching hand-colored with watercolor · Honolulu Museum of Art, Honolulu, HI

Charles W. Bartlett

Mt. Lavinia Ceylon

1926 · Etching printed in blue ink hand-colored with watercolor · Honolulu Museum of Art, Honolulu, HI

László Moholy-Nagy

Truncated Pyramids

1946 · Gouache and watercolor on paper · Private Collection

Andrew Wyeth

The Rope (Study for Hay Ledge)

1957 · Watercolor and opaque watercolor over graphite on board · Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA

Oscar Bluemner

Death

1926 · Gouache and watercolor on paper · Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington D.C.

John Singer Sargent

Boats at Anchor

1917 · Transparent watercolor over graphite on cream wove paper · Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA

Jan van Kessel II

Insect, Reptiles, Flowers, and Shells

1650 · Opaque watercolor and charcoal on vellum · Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA

Adrien Montigny

Le Villaige de Brimeu

1597 · Gouache and watercolor on vellum · National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.

Carlos Mérida

The Peaches of San Miguel

1939 · Opaque watercolor and black ink over graphite on canvas · Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA

Henri-Edmond Cross

Mediterranean Landscape

1897 · Graphite, watercolor and black ink on off-white wove paper · Harvard Art Museum, Cambridge, MA

Benjamin Thompson

Harpsichord Recital at Count Rumford's, Concord, New Hampshire

1800 · Transparent and opaque watercolor, pen and black ink, and graphite on laid paper · National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.

Gustave Baumann

Grand Cañon

1927 · Opaque watercolor over graphite on medium thick, slightly textured, brown wove paper · Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA

Winslow Homer

Prout's Neck, Surf on Rocks

1895 · Transparent and opaque watercolor, over graphite, on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper · Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA

Samuel Palmer

The Sleeping Shepherd; Early Morning

1857 · Etching, hand-colored with watercolor and opaque white with gold highlights · National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.

Winslow Homer

Crab Fishing

1883 · Watercolor and opaque watercolor, over graphite, with scraping out, on medium thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper · Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA

Thomas Gainsborough

Wooded Landscape with a Cottage and Cows

1775 · Black chalk, watercolor, and gouache on paper · Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, MA

Adolphe Hervier

Farmyard

1870 · Pen and ink with watercolor · National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.

John Singer Sargent

Cordova: Interior of the Cathedral

1903 · Translucent watercolor, with touches of opaque watercolor, over graphite on paper · Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA

Childe Hassam

Blossoming Trees

1882 · Opaque watercolor on brown paper · Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA