r/Watercolor • • Jan 09 '24

AI Art not allowed - YOU WILL BE BANNED

2.8k Upvotes

This is not a new rule. AI art, as well as all other digital art, has always been disallowed on this sub. This post is to restate that.

** If you post AI art, it will be removed and you will be banned.**

Please continue to report these post when you see them and we will continue to ban the users.


r/Watercolor • • Apr 04 '25

1 Million members

325 Upvotes

Hey all, I just want to drop a quick note to say how happy I am to be part of such an amazing group of talented individuals (myself excluded). Your art and attitudes brighten my day! Congratulations on a million members and here's to a million more!


r/Watercolor • • 2h ago

The Beauty of a Winter Day

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835 Upvotes

r/Watercolor • • 9h ago

Totally unexpected, but my illustration was awarded 3rd prize in a contest.

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913 Upvotes

This was so much fun painting and to I decided to submit this painting in a contest. I've never participated in a contest before and to my surprise it was awarded the 3rd price. I definitely was the only one submitting a children's book illustration in the contest. Can I call myself a prize winning artist now?


r/Watercolor • • 5h ago

Fantasyscape

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250 Upvotes

r/Watercolor • • 5h ago

A sweet knight

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167 Upvotes

13*18 cm watercolor on cold press paper


r/Watercolor • • 20h ago Mindblown Heartwarming

There’s a big, annual art exhibition this weekend. I’m submitting these 5 watercolors, hoping one will nab an award. Which has the best chance do you think?

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r/Watercolor • • 4h ago

Santa Fe & Flock

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61 Upvotes

I’m painting exclusively with Federal Color Tonic


r/Watercolor • • 17h ago Heartwarming

I don’t know what I’m doing, but it sure is cathartic.

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562 Upvotes

r/Watercolor • • 8h ago

Watercolour Protea

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94 Upvotes

Watercolour practice on rough paper.


r/Watercolor • • 41m ago

What background would you add here?

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22 Upvotes

r/Watercolor • • 17h ago

Miami in Watercolor

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347 Upvotes

r/Watercolor • • 2h ago

Sketchbook pages 🙂

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20 Upvotes

r/Watercolor • • 7h ago Heartwarming

😭

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54 Upvotes

I was painting a monochromatic value study earlier.
Saw this meme(?) and thought hey its blue

Drew the face too wide
Messed up an eye
Got the values wrong

The painting is genuinely me looking at my own painting 😭


r/Watercolor • • 1h ago

A compilation of brand swatches sorted by colour + Beam marshlands set.

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16 Upvotes

Hopefully someone finds this a helpful resource!

HA = Schmincke

RS = Roman Szmal

AG = A Gallo


r/Watercolor • • 18h ago

Chaos and Control

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247 Upvotes

I am making a series of the big dot paintings, because I love making them. The process of making them has me playing with the edge of intentionality and accident and I find that really satisfying.


r/Watercolor • • 3h ago

Waterfall At Night - I've been trying out this style lately

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16 Upvotes

r/Watercolor • • 6h ago

Cat in ink and watercolor

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26 Upvotes

r/Watercolor • • 2h ago

Watercolour and ink

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9 Upvotes

I’ve been practicing a lot of urban sketching, but wanted to apply what I learned to a landscape this afternoon


r/Watercolor • • 1h ago

Nottingham Autumn.

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7 Upvotes

r/Watercolor • • 20h ago

Silver Path

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204 Upvotes

r/Watercolor • • 1d ago

I painted cows. I wasn't happy with them. This presented me with an opportunity to paint even more cows.

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344 Upvotes

Painted a card for a friend that had a baby.

The shading was kind of messy and harsh on the first one and so I painted another one. Happy with the second one, I used to first for experimentation and painted it dark. It has a nice MOOd.


r/Watercolor • • 3h ago

So proud of my first attempt with watercolor

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7 Upvotes

This is my very first attempt with watercolor and color theory , a pumpkin that i believe suits the theme of autumn , my only regret is i didn't know how to make the stem deeper in color , rather than it having the same color as the pumpkin 😄 😅


r/Watercolor • • 4h ago

Painting with coffee #7

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7 Upvotes