Watercolor, also aquarelle from French, is a painting method. A watercolor is the medium or the resulting artwork in which the paints are made of pigments suspended in a water soluble vehicle. The traditional and most common support for watercolor paintings is paper Watercolors are usually transparent and it allows light to reflect from the surface of the paper. This gives a luminous effect. Here is a collection of some stunning watercolor painting done by Thomas W Schaller.