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The Watercolour Class
Mature & Silver · EN · 2 parts · Ongoing · updated 2026-11-07
A retired English teacher joins a watercolour class in a Provençal village and shares an easel with a courtly widower who paints the same olive tree every week. A soft, bright two-part mature romance.
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“The Watercolour Class” is a Mature & Silver story for adults, told in 2 parts and about 4 minutes of reading in total. Every character is 18 or older and every encounter is consensual. Start with Part 1 and use the Next part button at the end of each part, or pick a part from the list below.
- Part 1: Wet on Wet. Maureen joins a watercolour class in Provence and ends up sharing an easel with Jacques, who has painted the same olive tree every week for four years.
- Part 2: The Tree. After a summer of Tuesdays, Maureen and Jacques paint the olive tree so it looks like itself. In the golden light, they decide to paint something else together.
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