Watermedia

In art, "watermedia" is the general term for media that are distinguished from oil or other media by being diluted with water when used. [In addition to the usual method of dipping the brush into a receptacle or mixing water into the gouache on a palette there is apparently the very unusual method of allowing rainfall to dilute the gouache. cite web|author=John Lincoln|title="Artbreak.com forums post on Gouache modified with rainwater"|url=http://www.artbreak.com/forums/4/topics/776|accessdate=2008-08-01] Watermedia include watercolours, gouache and acrylic, amongst others. It is sometimes combined with other media, commonly collage. [cite web|title=Denise's Watermedia Collage|url=http://www.geocities.com/agneau_99/|accessdate=2008-08-01]

There are some unusual examples of watermedia being diluted with Coca-Cola [http://www.artbreak.com/work/show/2995-we-come-to-where-the-trail-grows-cold-daniel-c-boyer] or tequila [http://www.artbreak.com/forums/4/topics/396] instead of water, and painter Johnny O. Brady has "added tea to [his] brush water". [http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=131788337]

There are a number of Watermedia societies.

Watermedia are obviously to be distinguished from the company offering customized labels on bottled water. [http://www.watermedia.co.uk/]