# Rendering: watercolor

Painterly soft edges, color bleeding, organic flow. The most "artistic" rendering — used for lifestyle, travel, brand story, personal narrative, creative content where mood matters more than data clarity.

## 1. Style paragraph (paste-ready, 100 words)

> Watercolor painting style with soft painterly edges and natural color bleeding. Forms emerge from washes of pigment rather than outlines — sometimes a subject is suggested by where the wash darkens, not by a line. Color pools and bleeds at edges, with characteristic "wet-on-wet" zones where one color transitions into another. Composition feels organic and intentional — not loose like a sketch, but flowing. Negative space is part of the artwork (untouched paper). Optional very subtle pencil lines suggest underlying structure without dominating. Overall feel is calm, contemplative, artistic — well suited to narrative pages and atmosphere-setting content.

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## 2. Line, texture, depth

| Aspect | Treatment |
|---|---|
| Line quality | Minimal — forms defined by color washes, not outlines |
| Texture | Paper grain at 12-18% visible, characteristic wash bleeding at edges |
| Depth | Achieved through color saturation gradient — saturated foreground, paler background |
| Material | Watercolor + cold-press paper |
| Mood | Calm, contemplative, artistic |

## 3. Using the deck's HEX values

watercolor uses HEX values as **wash pigments**, not flat fills:

- Primary HEX: dominant wash zone, with natural saturation gradient
- Secondary HEX: background wash or untouched paper field
- Accent HEX: a small concentrated pigment zone where saturation pools

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## 4. Fewshot prompt snippets

**Snippet A — half-page narrative scene, text_policy: none**

> Watercolor painting style. A soft mountain landscape suggested by overlapping color washes — distant peaks in pale primary teal `#0F766E` bleeding into the upper third, midground hills in slightly more saturated teal with natural wet-on-wet color pooling, foreground in warm accent terracotta `#C2410C` suggesting a path or warm earth. Untouched paper at the very top creates a calm sky. No outlines defining the forms — they emerge from where the pigment darkens. Subtle paper grain texture at 15% opacity across the painting. Composed as a 600×800 half-page block with 10% inner padding. Atmospheric and contemplative. NO text, no labels anywhere. Color values are rendering guidance only.