Technique and the Modern American Watercolor October 3, 2001-January 23, 2002 Kingman’s own words about watercolor illuminate the techniques and characteristics of the medium, which are evident in this work: “[Watercolor] is a quick-drying medium and you must think fast. I can create light sensitive tones on my paper as well as rich, dark colors—yet watercolor always retains its transparent quality . . . To me, the white of the paper is most valuable.” The materials he said he used were “nine tubes of the best-made watercolors . . . I prefer the tube, as the paint remains fresher in it. My palette is composed of the following: cadmium yellow, cadmium orange, cadmium red, alizarin crimson, thalo blue, French ultramarine blue, halo green, burnt sienna, and ivory black. With these basic pigments I can mix almost any color I desire.”