Watercolour tattoo ideas

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Colour tattoo of three stacked arrowheads over a dotted circle with orange watercolour washes and teal wave lines, on the outer thigh.
Three arrowheads over a watercolour circle
Watercolour dandelion tattoo with rainbow splashes and black script lettering along the side of the ribs.
Watercolour dandelion on the ribs
Watercolour-style rose tattoo with black linework and green leaves on the thigh, set within a pink and purple wash.
Watercolour rose on a thigh
Watercolour-style drawing of a tiger head with black linework and pink, blue and orange washes, shown as a design on white paper.
Watercolour tiger head design
Watercolour style tattoo of a woman's face with pink, purple and blue washes on the inner forearm, with a red sleeve at the edge of the frame.
Watercolour face tattoo on forearm
Colour tattoo of an elephant head in a watercolour-style with red geometric linework and black ink splatters on the forearm.
Elephant head watercolour tattoo on forearm
Colour tattoo of a cat's face in a soft watercolour style with blue, pink and purple washes and drips, placed on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Watercolour cat on upper back
Two photos of a watercolour-style feather tattoo with purple, pink and blue washes and black birds in flight, on an upper arm and shoulder.
Feather and birds on upper arm
Colourful watercolour-style tattoo of a silhouetted woman with long flowing pink hair, on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Watercolour figure with flowing pink hair on a shoulder
Watercolour dandelion with a purple wash and two dragonflies on the side of a ribcage, with drifting seeds and black linework.
Watercolour dandelion and dragonflies on ribs
Blue watercolour-style night sky tattoo with small white stars on the upper arm of a person in a white t-shirt.
Starry night sky brushstroke on upper arm
Black lace-patterned bow tattoo with blue, purple and pink watercolour splashes on the side of the body, likely the ribs.
Black lace bow with watercolour splashes
Colourful watercolour-style lion head tattoo on the upper arm, with an orange realistic half and a purple, teal and green galaxy-style half.
Watercolour lion on upper arm
Watercolour mandala tattoo on a forearm, with black linework, dotwork shading and teal and magenta washes, ending in a teardrop point.
Watercolour mandala on a forearm
Colourful watercolour-style tiger head tattoo with blue paint drips and splatter marks on the lower leg, shown on a calf.
Watercolour tiger head on a calf
Collage of four tattoos: outline giraffes on forearms, watercolour hearts on wrists, a fine line clover on a wrist, and script reading I am because you are on shoulder blades.
Giraffes, hearts, clover and script tattoos
Colour tattoo of an open book with loose watercolour-style splashes of teal, pink, purple and yellow on the upper arm.
Open book with watercolour splashes
Watercolour-style owl tattoo in orange, yellow, blue and purple with bold black outlines, sitting on a person's upper back.
Watercolour owl on upper back
Watercolour-style hummingbird tattoo in purple, pink, blue and green on a forearm, with a pale grey background.
Watercolour hummingbird on a forearm
Colourful butterfly tattoo with a paintbrush body on a person's lower abdomen, with black-outlined rainbow wings and watercolour splashes.
Watercolour butterfly with paintbrush on the hip
Fine line drawing of a Wanderlust script word with an arrow and a blue watercolour planet with a ring, drawn as a tattoo design on white paper.
Wanderlust script with arrow and blue planet
Colour tattoo sleeve on an upper arm showing a roaring bear above a watercolour landscape with a small black bear silhouette below.
Roaring bear watercolour arm sleeve
Black compass rose tattoo with blue, green, pink and red watercolour splashes and a script quote, on a forearm.
Compass rose with watercolour splashes on a forearm
Two forearm tattoos in a loose watercolour style: a leaping fox in orange and black on the left, and a grey wolf with a teal wash on the right.
Fox and wolf tattoos on forearms
Coloured design drawing of a blue and pink feather that curls into black ink music notes and small floating feathers, with no body part shown.
Feather dissolving into music notes
Colourful compass rose and anchor with a rope on the inside of a forearm, with watercolour splashes in orange, green, blue and pink.
Compass and anchor with watercolour splashes
Loose black sketch-style linework of a ballerina in a leap, with purple, pink and teal watercolour splashes, tattooed on a calf.
Sketched ballerina tattoo on a calf
Colourful watercolour-style arrow tattoo with teal fletching and a grey tip, sitting on the side of the ribs below the arm.
Watercolour arrow on the side ribs
Watercolour-style feather tattoo in blue, green and yellow with black linework on the forearm.
Watercolour feather on a forearm
Black and grey stag head with antlers above three roses with red watercolour splashes, tattooed on the upper thigh.
Deer and roses on a thigh
Small fine line tattoo of a black pine tree inside a thin circle with green watercolour wash, on the inner forearm.
Pine tree in a green watercolour circle on a forearm
Colour tattoo of soft purple, teal and pink splashes trailing into a feather on the shoulder, next to a dark top.
Watercolour splashes and feather on shoulder
Watercolour style tattoo of a stretching cat reaching towards a pink heart, outlined in fine black line with teal, pink, orange and purple washes, on a calf.
Stretching watercolour cat with heart
Pen-and-ink drawing of a skull with roses and wildflowers over pastel watercolour splashes, shown as a tattoo design with no body part visible.
Skull and roses with watercolour splashes
Black script reading Don't Blink over a blue watercolour splash tattoo on the side of the ribs.
Don't Blink script over blue watercolour splash
Geometric outline tattoo of a large and a small elephant with blue, pink and yellow watercolour washes, on the side of an ankle.
Geometric elephant pair on an ankle
Close-up of a pink, red, orange and navy watercolour splatter tattoo on the upper chest near the collarbone, worn with an off-shoulder white lace top.
Watercolour splatter tattoo on the upper chest
Watercolour style tattoo of an elephant with its trunk raised and a blue wash behind it, placed on a person's upper back.
Watercolour elephant on upper back
Realistic red poppy tattoo with watercolour-style splashes and black line swirls across the upper arm and shoulder.
Red poppies with ink swirls on shoulder
Colourful watercolour-style tattoo with black outlined cartoon cats and abstract splashes covering a forearm, with a person in green trousers seated beside it.
Watercolour cartoon cats on a forearm
Watercolour-style pink and red flowers with green stems tattooed on a person's side ribs, beside the navel.
Watercolour pink flowers on the ribs
Black ornate lotus mandala tattoo with blue and purple watercolour wash and dangling drops on the outer thigh.
Lotus mandala with watercolour wash on a thigh
Two shell tattoos on a pair of forearms: a blue watercolour whelk on the left arm and a black linework scallop with coral wash on the right.
Two shell tattoos on forearms
Colourful watercolour-style lotus tattoo with black outline and blue, pink, orange and green washes, placed on the upper chest.
Watercolour lotus on the chest
Watercolour-style tree tattoo with black bare branches, pink, purple and teal splashes and two small birds, on the lower leg.
Watercolour tree with birds on a lower leg
Watercolour illustration of several crossed arrows with bright feathered fletching in pink, blue, yellow and green on a white background, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Watercolour arrows and feathers
Colourful watercolour-style tattoo of a stylised aeroplane with black linework and swirling trails, on the inner upper arm.
Watercolour aeroplane on upper arm
Colourful watercolour feather tattoo in blue, orange and red with the script words Your Wings Were Ready But My Heart Was Not, on a person's upper back.
Watercolour feather with quote on upper back