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
Colour tattoo of two sisters seated back to back with the words Sisters will always be connected by the heart, on the thigh.
Two sisters seated back to back on a thigh
Realistic camera tattoo with orange, blue and purple watercolour splashes, placed on the forearm.
Camera with watercolour splashes on a forearm
Two origami-style birds in black linework with blue, teal and pink watercolour fills, tattooed on an upper arm.
Watercolour origami birds on upper arm
Line drawing of a black compass rose with rainbow watercolour splashes behind it, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Watercolour compass rose design
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
Colourful watercolour splash tattoo on a calf, with a small tree branch motif, on a leg standing in shallow water on a sunny beach.
Watercolour splash tattoos on calves
Black ink and watercolour drawing of an ornate owl perched on a branch with leaves, shown as a tattoo design with no body part visible.
Ornate owl perched on a branch
Blue and red watercolour-style heart tattoo with a black brushstroke outline and ink splatters on the forearm.
Watercolour-style heart on a forearm
A loose watercolour hummingbird in pink, purple and yellow with a long thin beak, shown in flight against a plain white background.
Pink watercolour hummingbird in flight
Watercolour style tattoo in teal, green and pale pink washes running down the spine of a woman's bare back, with a thin black line along the spine.
Watercolour wash down the spine
Colourful tattoo of a realistic cat face with green eyes, mixed with geometric triangles, a crescent moon and watercolour drips on a thigh.
Cat face and crescent moon on a thigh
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
Colour realism tattoo of a red rose with a bud and green leaves on the shoulder and upper arm, set against a soft purple watercolour wash.
Realistic red rose with watercolour wash on shoulder
Colour watercolour-style tattoo of an open heart outline with splashes of red, pink, teal and green and a paintbrush on the thigh.
Watercolour heart and paintbrush on a thigh
Colourful watercolour-style tattoo of a compass and anchor with geometric lines on the inner forearm.
Compass and anchor watercolour tattoo on a forearm
Watercolour-style tattoo of a golden snitch with sketched wings in yellow, red and turquoise on the upper arm.
Golden Snitch with wings on an upper arm
Watercolour-style tattoo of a bare tree with blue, orange and pink washes and black linework across a person's upper back.
Watercolour-style tree on upper back
Watercolour-style tattoo of a red and black flower with loose splashes of colour on the calf.
Watercolour-style flower on a calf
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
Black-outlined geometric butterfly with soft yellow, blue and pink watercolour washes on the top of a foot, with green painted toenails.
Geometric butterfly on a foot
Two people sit side by side showing matching watercolour-style cherry blossom tattoos on their upper arms, with pink blossoms, green washes and black ink splatters.
Matching cherry blossom tattoos on upper arms
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
Red rose tattoo with a painterly watercolour style and black and green leaves, running down the calf of a person wearing black and white trainers.
Red rose with watercolour splashes on a calf
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
Painted watercolour design of two red octopuses whose tentacles curl together to form a heart, drawn on pale paper with a blue wash behind them.
Two octopuses forming a heart
Colourful watercolour-style tattoo of red, purple, blue, teal and yellow splashes across the outer upper arm of a person outdoors.
Watercolour splash on an upper arm
Back view of a pair of legs with colourful watercolour-style tattoos, a tree-like splash on the left calf and a bird among splashes on the right knee.
Watercolour splash tattoos on the legs
Black script tattoo reading Always, with light blue and pink watercolour splashes, on the inner wrist and forearm.
Always script tattoo on the wrist
Colour tattoo of an anchor wrapped in rope in a watercolour style, with teal and red splashes, on the ankle of a person wearing brown suede shoes.
Watercolour anchor on an ankle
Three grey lace-patterned butterflies with watercolour splashes in pink, teal and blue, tattooed across a person's lower back.
Lace-winged butterflies with watercolour splashes
Colourful painterly hummingbird feeding from a yellow flower, tattooed across a person's upper back below the shoulder blade.
Hummingbird and flower on upper back
Colour tattoo of a faceted anatomical heart filled with a starry galaxy, framed by red triangle outlines and a watercolour smoke trail, on the side of the ribs.
Geometric galaxy heart on the ribs
Colourful watercolour-style tattoo of a cat face with blue eyes and splashes of blue, purple, green, orange and pink on an upper arm.
Watercolour cat face on upper arm
Black outline triangle over purple, blue and pink watercolour-style wash on the inner wrist and forearm.
Watercolour triangle on a wrist
Fine line watercolour tattoo of a fairy with outstretched wings on a lower leg, with blue, green, orange and peach washes.
Watercolour fairy on a lower leg
Watercolour-style mermaid tattoo with red hair, a teal tail and black linework across the side of the ribs.
Watercolour mermaid on the side ribs
Realistic grey giraffe head and neck tattoo on the upper arm, set against blue, pink and yellow watercolour splashes.
Giraffe with watercolour splash on upper arm
Colour tattoo of a blue and orange dragonfly above lavender, pink blooms and teal leaves in a soft watercolour style, on the outer leg below the knee.
Dragonfly and wildflowers on a leg
Watercolour-style superhero figure in blue and red with splashed edges, tattooed on the forearm.
Watercolour superhero figure on forearm
Watercolour-style tattoo of a bird in flight with bright red, green and blue wings, set among black and blue vertical brush strokes on the outer thigh.
Watercolour bird and brush strokes on a thigh
Watercolour-style tattoo of a black treble clef merged with an anchor, with purple, blue and pink washes, on the outer thigh.
Treble clef and anchor on a thigh
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
Watercolour-style daisy tattoo in teal, pink and yellow on the upper arm, ringed by the script words Do you suppose she's a wildflower.
Watercolour daisy with wildflower quote
Colour tattoo of a curled-up sleeping cat with black outlines and watercolour-style splashes in blue, green, purple and orange, placed on the ankle.
Sleeping cat with watercolour splashes on an ankle