Watercolour tattoo ideas

488 photos and flash · 14% Botanical, 14% Fine line · Forearm most common

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Illustration of a hummingbird in flight, trailing teal and purple paint splashes on a white background.
Hummingbird in flight with paint splash
Watercolour-style roller coaster track tattoo across a person's upper back and shoulder, with teal and pink washes and black ink drips.
Roller coaster track across a back and shoulder
Watercolour-style tattoo of purple and pink flowers, three black birds and vertical script on the side of the ribs.
Watercolour flowers, birds and script on ribs
Close-up of a small heart tattoo on a chest with a thin black sketchy outline and a rainbow watercolour fill, with red-nailed hands resting either side.
Rainbow watercolour heart on the chest
Colour tattoo of a watercolour-style galaxy with pink, purple and blue clouds and small star sparkles across the upper arm and shoulder.
Watercolour galaxy on an upper arm
Four black-outlined arrows with feather fletching hang over blue, purple, pink and orange watercolour splashes in a fine line style on the upper arm.
Watercolour arrows on upper arm
Watercolour-style tree tattoo with a black trunk and pink, purple and blue splashes of colour, placed on the ribs.
Watercolour tree on the ribs
Colourful butterfly tattoo with a painted splash effect on a person's upper back, near the shoulder blade.
Colourful butterfly with paint splash on upper back
Watercolour style tattoo on the ankle showing a blue police box outline beside a dark swirling circular motif, with blue, purple and pink washes.
Watercolour police box and swirl on an ankle
Colourful watercolour-style tiger head tattoo with pink, orange, yellow and green splashes across the upper back.
Watercolour tiger head on upper back
Watercolour-style tattoo of a rib cage with a pink and red central form and black linework, on the inner forearm.
Watercolour rib cage on forearm
Black dotwork mandala tattoo on the forearm, surrounded by blue, purple and pink watercolour splashes.
Mandala with watercolour splashes on forearm
Geometric origami-style unicorn head with blue, pink and purple watercolour splashes on the inner forearm.
Geometric unicorn with watercolour splashes on forearm
Black silhouette of a small figure holding a bunch of balloons, with blue and pink watercolour washes and French script, tattooed on a upper back.
Silhouette figure with balloons and script
Pink, purple and blue watercolour-style wash tattoo running down the inside of a forearm, with bare legs and white bedding behind it.
Watercolour wash tattoo on a forearm
Black ink and pink watercolour lotus flower on a tall stem with ornate dotwork and swirl-patterned leaves, shown as a tattoo design drawing.
Pink lotus with dotwork leaves
Pastel butterfly tattoo in pale blue, yellow-green and red on the ankle of a person wearing grey shoes.
Watercolour butterfly on an ankle
Colourful watercolour-style tattoo of pink, red, green, yellow and blue splashes with a small black heart, across a person's shoulder and upper arm.
Watercolour splash tattoo on a shoulder
Hand-drawn star design filled with orange and yellow zentangle patterns, set on a purple watercolour background with hearts and a dotted border.
Zentangle star design with hearts
Two forearms shown side by side: the left has a line-drawn white fox with snowflakes on a blue watercolour wash, and the right has an orange watercolour fox inside a dotted circular motif, placed on
Two fox forearm tattoos, winter and autumn
Neo-trad style tattoo of an anchor and ship's wheel with postmarks, handwriting and a blue wash on the upper arm.
Anchor and ship's wheel with postmarks
Forearm tattoo of a stag with a golden snitch, a Deathly Hallows triangle and the numerals 9 3/4, in black linework with teal and purple watercolour washes.
Stag, golden snitch and 9 3/4 on a forearm
Colourful watercolour-style tattoo of a blue police box with paint splashes in green, pink, purple and yellow, on the calf.
Police box and watercolour splash on a calf
Colour tattoo of a pink cat sitting in outline on the side ribs, set against a blue, green and yellow watercolour-style splash.
Pink cat with watercolour splash on ribs
Colour fine line tattoo of an atom with three orbits and blue, teal and purple watercolour splashes, on the side of the ribs.
Atom orbit tattoo on the ribs
Large colourful elephant head tattoo on a thigh, painted in orange, purple and red with teal tusks and loose paint splashes.
Watercolour elephant on a thigh
Ink and watercolour drawing of a feather in blue, green and yellow washes with black splatters on a white background.
Watercolour feather design
Thin black branching tattoo with watercolour pink, blue and purple washes along the centre of a person's upper back.
Watercolour branch and roots down the back
Three views of a man's arm with a full sleeve tattoo of a seated Buddha, lotus flowers and grass in watercolour-style colour washes and black ink, shown on the upper arm and forearm.
Seated Buddha and lotus full sleeve
Watercolour-style anatomical heart tattoo with black linework and blue, red and orange washes across the upper chest.
Watercolour anatomical heart on chest
Small watercolour-style tattoo of a black cross with pink, blue and orange splashes on the calf.
Watercolour cross on a calf
Colourful watercolour-style tattoo of a pink rose, teal leaves and a bird on the forearm, with a small pink heart below.
Watercolour rose and bird on a forearm
Fine line constellation tattoo with a blue and purple watercolour wash on the thigh.
Constellation with watercolour wash on thigh
Fine line and watercolour tattoo on the forearm showing a small figure with yellow hair on a curved planet beside a dashed orbit, planets and blue and purple washes.
Small figure on a curved planet with watercolour sky
Black linework lotus mandala tattoo with teal, pink and blue watercolour splashes on the inner forearm.
Lotus mandala with watercolour splashes on forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo with red watercolour splashes showing a twin-engined bomber and several bees inside a circle, on the thigh.
Bomber plane and bees in a target circle
Two views of a wolf head tattoo on an upper arm, with a realistic grey wolf and green eyes beside a blue and green watercolour wash and thin geometric triangle lines.
Wolf head with watercolour wash on upper arm
Botanical tattoo on an upper arm with purple and teal watercolour-style flowers, black linework and a geometric mandala near the elbow.
Watercolour florals and geometric motifs on an arm
Large black and grey tattoo of a winged figure with a red watercolour-style splash, across the upper back.
Winged figure with red splash on back
Watercolour-style tattoo of a red-haired mermaid with a blue and purple tail on the forearm.
Watercolour mermaid on a forearm
Watercolour painting of a lion's head framed by pastel roses and green leaves, drawn as a tattoo design on a spiral sketchbook page.
Watercolour lion with roses design
Three arms linked together show matching watercolour-style puzzle piece tattoos on the wrists and forearms, in blue, green, pink and yellow.
Three matching puzzle piece wrist tattoos
Black key tattoo on the inside of a wrist, overlaid on soft watercolour-style blocks of purple, pink, blue and orange.
Black key over watercolour blocks on a wrist
Close photo of a Celtic triquetra knot tattoo with teal, green, blue and purple watercolour splashes behind it on skin.
Celtic triquetra with watercolour splashes
Flash sheet of fine line designs with black ink and pale watercolour washes, including a hand, Saturn, a birdcage, a teacup, a bicycle and a paper plane, each with a text banner.
Sticker sheet of quote-banner designs
Colourful watercolour-style flower tattoo with pink, teal and orange petals and thin black linework on the inner forearm.
Watercolour-style flower on a forearm
Black line circular emblem over a pink and blue galaxy watercolour background on a forearm.
Circular emblem over galaxy wash on forearm
Colourful watercolour-style tattoo of an orange sun with black linework and blue, green and purple splashes on a person's upper back.
Orange sunburst with watercolour splashes on upper back