Watercolour tattoo ideas

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Colourful watercolour-style compass tattoo with a compass rose and paint splashes on the inner forearm.
Watercolour compass on a forearm
Realistic camera tattoo with orange, blue and purple watercolour splashes, placed on the forearm.
Camera with watercolour splashes on a forearm
A gloved tattooist uses a machine to add a red, orange and yellow watercolour-style floral tattoo to a forearm.
Colourful floral tattoo being inked on a forearm
Blue and red watercolour-style heart tattoo with a black brushstroke outline and ink splatters on the forearm.
Watercolour-style heart on a forearm
Colourful watercolour-style city skyline tattoo in pink, blue and purple across the inside of a forearm.
Watercolour city skyline on a forearm
Colourful watercolour-style tattoo across a forearm, with purple, blue, pink, red and green washes and dark ink specks.
Watercolour splash tattoo on a forearm
Colourful watercolour-style splash tattoo on a forearm with a white treble clef, black music notes and black vine linework.
Treble clef and rainbow splash on a forearm
Colourful watercolour-style tattoo of a semicolon with green, blue, orange and purple streaks on the wrist.
Semicolon with watercolour splash on wrist
Colourful watercolour-style tattoo of a compass and anchor with geometric lines on the inner forearm.
Compass and anchor watercolour tattoo on a forearm
Small infinity symbol tattoo on the inner wrist, outlined in black with soft rainbow watercolour fills and blue splashes.
Infinity symbol with watercolour wash on wrist
Two colourful hummingbird tattoos, one on the side of the ribs and one on the inner forearm near the wrist, drawn with loose sketched lines and soft pink, teal and orange washes.
Two hummingbirds on ribs and inner forearm
Front-facing elephant head tattoo in grey shading with sketchy lines, with red and blue watercolour splashes, on the inner forearm.
Elephant head with watercolour splashes on forearm
Black script tattoo reading Always, with light blue and pink watercolour splashes, on the inner wrist and forearm.
Always script tattoo on the wrist
Black outline triangle over purple, blue and pink watercolour-style wash on the inner wrist and forearm.
Watercolour triangle on a wrist
Watercolour-style superhero figure in blue and red with splashed edges, tattooed on the forearm.
Watercolour superhero figure on forearm
Two views of a forearm tattoo: a black dotwork mandala with watercolour splashes in blue, purple and pink, placed on the inner forearm.
Black mandala with watercolour splashes on a forearm
Inner wrist tattoo of a black treble clef on five staff lines, with a pink, purple and blue watercolour wash at the right-hand end.
Treble clef on staff lines with watercolour wash
Watercolour-style lotus flower tattoo with black linework and pink, purple and blue washes on the forearm.
Watercolour lotus flower on a forearm
Forearm tattoo with black carpe diem script above an abstract watercolour design in pink, orange and teal, with a helix-like shape and black strokes.
Carpe diem script and watercolour forearm tattoo
Watercolour-style colour tattoo of a white unicorn silhouette inside an outlined triangle over a blue and purple galaxy wash on the inner forearm.
Unicorn in a triangle on a forearm
Forearm tattoo of a figure in a bowler hat with a small moustache, surrounded by black dots and blue watercolour-style splashes.
Bowler hat portrait with blue watercolour splashes
Watercolour-style tattoo of an eye with a purple iris and long lashes, surrounded by teal, yellow and green splashes, on the inner wrist.
Watercolour eye on the inner wrist
Forearm tattoo of a black mountain range over a blue watercolour-style wash, with thin script written beneath it.
Mountain range and blue wash on a forearm
Photograph of a sailing ship tattoo on the inner forearm, drawn with loose black brush strokes and ochre wash, with black ink splashes around the hull and sails.
Sailing ship with ink splashes on a forearm
Two matching fine line tattoos of an elephant holding a watercolour balloon, one on each of two inner forearms, with the balloons in pink and blue.
Matching elephant and balloon tattoos on forearms
Ornate key tattoo with black linework and blue, pink and green watercolour washes on the forearm.
Ornate key with watercolour splashes on a forearm
Colourful watercolour-style tattoo of a wristwatch with red, blue and pink splashes and drips, sitting on the inner wrist and forearm.
Watercolour watch tattoo on a wrist
Watercolour-style tattoo of a mermaid with flowing red hair and a purple shell top, with a blue splash below, on the forearm.
Watercolour mermaid with red hair on forearm
Two forearms side by side: a watercolour-style rainbow arc in red, orange, yellow, green and purple on the upper arm, and a bold black brush-stroke circle on the arm below.
Watercolour rainbow arc and black brush circle on forearms
Small watercolour style cat tattoo in pastel pink, orange, teal and purple washes with a dark outline, on the inner wrist.
Watercolour style cat on the wrist
Colour tattoo of a diving kingfisher with watercolour splashes in pink, purple and blue and black linework on the forearm, in a realistic watercolour style.
Kingfisher and watercolour splashes on a forearm
Collage of watercolour-style tattoos: a large orange fox on an upper arm, with a feather on a wrist, a flower on an arm, a hummingbird and blossoms on a thigh, and an owl on a thigh.
Watercolour fox, owl and flower tattoos
Sketch-style elephant head tattoo with red and teal watercolour washes and a compass rose on the inner forearm, above a line of dots.
Elephant head and compass on a forearm
Watercolour-style forearm tattoo of a songbird on a branch, with red berries, sketched mushrooms and an hourglass, in fine line and splashes of colour.
Bird, berries and mushrooms on a forearm
Colourful watercolour-style owl tattoo with loose black linework and blue, orange, red and purple washes on a forearm.
Watercolour owl on a forearm
Colourful watercolour-style paint splash tattoo with red, orange, yellow, green and blue drips on the inside of a wrist.
Rainbow paint splash on the inner wrist
Watercolour-style tattoo on the inner forearm with teal and pink splashes and black script reading Sangre, sudor y gloria.
Watercolour splash with script on forearm
Black dotwork mandala tattoo with lotus-like petals on the forearm, surrounded by blue, purple and pink watercolour splashes.
Mandala and watercolour splash on a forearm
Colour tattoo of three blue and teal feathers with pink tips and small beads on the outer forearm.
Watercolour feathers on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a blue and purple cat's head with a purple flower on the inner forearm, shown beside a watercolour painting of the same design.
Watercolour-style cat and flower on forearm
Full arm sleeve tattoo in a watercolour style with blue, purple and orange washes and black splatter across the shoulder, upper arm and forearm.
Watercolour splatter sleeve on arm
Healed tattoo of a black-lined feather on a forearm, with blue, purple and pink watercolour-style washes behind it.
Feather with watercolour splashes on a forearm
Mixed colour tattoo on a forearm showing a shaded woman's face with lips, overlapping teal and red triangles, watercolour splashes and a beaded necklace.
Woman's face with geometric triangles on a forearm
Forearm tattoo of a feather with a quill nib, watercolour splashes in blue, green, pink and purple, and the word Believe in script beneath.
Watercolour feather and Believe on forearm
Two matching forearm tattoos of a triangle-framed circle symbol, one in blue watercolour wash and one in red, with the wrists touching.
Matching blue and red forearm symbol tattoos
Black line lotus mandala tattoo with dangling star and moon charms and blue, purple and pink watercolour splashes on a forearm.
Lotus mandala with watercolour splashes on a forearm
Two forearms shown side by side with a watercolour-style tattoo of a howling wolf, a bare tree, a flying bird and a yellow moon on the forearms.
Wolf, tree and bird across two forearms
Colour tattoo of a long feather with blue, green and yellow watercolour washes and black linework on the forearm.
Watercolour feather on forearm