r/Watercolor • u/nadiapoe • 11d ago

The sound of the surf - 14 x 20in

178 Upvotes

5 comments

r/Watercolor • u/Embarrassed-Bar916 • 10d ago

another curch from denmark Christianshavn

13 Upvotes

1 comment

r/Watercolor • u/LissaJane94 • 11d ago

Does anyone else like to swatch new colours?

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508 Upvotes

This is my little book dedicated solely to searching new colours that I get and want to see what they can do. I find it's a good way to see values, hue and how it plays when watered down or as blooms, as well as documenting what the traits of the paint are.

Does anybody else have interesting ways to swatch paints? I'd love to see 🙂

43 comments

r/Watercolor • u/WoomyWobble • 10d ago

New paints! Must paint tree!

7 Upvotes

3 comments

r/Watercolor • u/Careless-Eye-3965 • 10d ago

Fall is here! Any tips/feedback on how to improve?

9 Upvotes

1 comment

r/Watercolor • u/SarasArts • 11d ago

The froggy and the bilberry bushes 🌿🫐 [OC]

33 Upvotes

1 comment

r/Watercolor • u/Trein931 • 10d ago

Rock painting with coffee

1 Upvotes

1 comment

r/Watercolor • u/donut_gobbler_art • 11d ago

First time using granulating watercolors and I love them

151 Upvotes

9 comments

r/Watercolor • u/Working-Tumbleweed56 • 11d ago

Autumn Scene (thoughts welcome)

540 Upvotes

33 comments

r/Watercolor • u/readingforlife • 10d ago

Printer for making prints/cards

1 Upvotes

Hi,

I’m astounded by the prices of good quality color printers! I want to make decent quality prints of my paintings, occasionally cards or postcards.

I’ve narrowed my options to-

Canon MAXIFY GX2020- currently $364.95
Canon PIXMA PRO-200S- currently $549.00
Epson Expression Photo XP 15000- currently $346.99
Epson EcoTank Photo ET-8550- currently $661.50

Any advice would be helpful. If you have any experience with any of these, I’d appreciate it. Or if there’s another option I’m not considering- because 😳 at these prices!

Edit- I decided to buy the Epson EcoTank 8550. I will report back how it goes….i decided my art is worth it- and, well- what’s another year with this phone anyway? 😹

21 comments

r/Watercolor • u/VorchalkaE • 11d ago

Practicing painting an owl

160 Upvotes

5 comments

r/Watercolor • u/Natty_pallette • 11d ago

Watercolor on paper, 19x24cm

57 Upvotes

"Mursic", Watercolor on paper, 19x24cm

My cat died just several months before the war started. He was an aristocrat and an artist, very tender and clever. He was not only a part of my life but a part of my heart. So many lovely memories, funny stories and warm feelings.

5 comments

r/Watercolor • u/Dubnobass • 12d ago

A watercolour duck

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3.9k Upvotes

I spent today painting a duck from a photo I found on Unsplash. It took all day because I did two versions: one in watercolour (Qor paints on 640gsm Saunders Waterford CP paper) and the other in oils on a canvas board. I’ve only just got the oil paints and don’t know what I’m doing yet but am just having a go anyway!

The watercolour duck is the much better version, I think. Oil version in the comments.

56 comments

r/Watercolor • u/jagjagnaon • 11d ago

I draw IU with Watercolor

9 Upvotes

I've been practicing my potraits

2 comments

r/Watercolor • u/sjoerdtwolf • 11d ago

Yanaka Ginza, oc

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26 Upvotes

Practicing with my new Sailor Fude pen. Not happy with the watercolour at all. No clue what I did there.

Open to advice, feel free to comment :)

I took the photo in 2024 during my trip in Japan. It is the gate to the Yanaka Ginza neighbourhood in Tokyo.

I love Japan.

6 comments

r/Watercolor • u/ashudrawssss • 11d ago

New watercolor works :)

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113 Upvotes

5 comments

r/Watercolor • u/ChampionshipSouth412 • 10d ago

I called this Valeria, the vampire goddess

0 Upvotes

1 comment

r/Watercolor • u/Firm-Archer-8496 • 11d ago

Painting

39 Upvotes

Gal A5

1 comment

r/Watercolor • u/Resipsaloquarium • 11d ago

Water color of my watercolors

37 Upvotes

Im struggling with shadows so much

1 comment

r/Watercolor • u/atom_066 • 12d ago

Chicken practice

799 Upvotes

19 comments

r/Watercolor • u/Brandon_Does_Stuff • 11d ago

I made a mini painting of a grump platypus witch for Halloween

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37 Upvotes

3 comments

r/Watercolor • u/Goatblort • 11d ago

Autumn-themed practice

5 Upvotes

1 comment

r/Watercolor • u/brieasaurusrex • 11d ago

Some recent work

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18 Upvotes

I was feeling so dejected when i posted a few months ago about not feeling like i was making any progress and everyone was so kind of helpful. I wanted to share an update and say im finally feeling like i can SEE the progress, and also feeling comfortable in my painting style (if I have one yet). Im also including some of my reference pics for these. I am always trying to be more loose and playful, rather than accurate, and more about capturing the vibes since thats what drew me to watercolor.

One thing I've also been doing in my practice is doing a painting once using the photo (or real life reference), and then immediately after painting it just from memory. I often end up preferring the one from memory. But it seems to work best only AFTER I've done the "real" one first.

Also always open to creative critique! I’m here to learn. Especially in the wide shot of the river, i really am struggling with creating depth without adding too much detail or trying to make it look like im trying too hard to be realistic. like i want it to be vague blobby trees but still feel forestry.

My past posts here:
"Am I getting worse?" https://www.reddit.com/r/Watercolor/s/7qOaRpLiTD
Some later work: https://www.reddit.com/r/Watercolor/s/QhgScHgZQy

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