Terre Verte

Professional Handmade Watercolour

Swatch Painted on: Saunders Waterford, White, Rough, 100% Cotton, Mould Made, Acid Free, 300 gsm Watercolour Paper

Also Known As; Bohemian Green Earth, Green Earth & Terre Verte (Yellow Shade) 

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Description:

Terre Verte, also known as Green Earth, is a soft, earthy green watercolour pigment known for its gentle, natural hue. This subdued green has a cool, muted quality that is perfect for creating subtle landscapes, foliage, and atmospheric backgrounds. With its calming, neutral tone, Terre Verte is often used to depict delicate shadows, aged foliage, and the quiet, understated beauty of nature.

This pigment is transparent, allowing for smooth, soft washes that can be built up in layers to achieve varying levels of depth. In full strength, Terre Verte provides a pale, cool green, and when diluted, it becomes even softer, creating light, ethereal greens perfect for delicate touches or subtle highlights in botanical work. Its gentle granulation adds a natural texture that enhances the organic feel of grasses, leaves, and distant hills.

Terre Verte is highly valued for its lightfastness, ensuring that its subtle colour remains stable over time. It mixes beautifully with other earth tones and greens, adding a muted, harmonious quality to blends. This versatile pigment is an excellent choice for artists seeking to create understated, natural scenes, offering a peaceful, timeless green that brings a sense of quiet elegance to watercolour compositions.

We recommend

Using distilled water with all our watercolours to keep each pigment at its purest form

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