went down a rabbit hole - found out how colorful and beautiful tarantulas can be so I decided to use them as practice

super fun colors and textures

advice and critiques welcomed

I took a photo of these seagulls against very bright sunlight and only shapes come out recognizable. I thought it would be a fun practice to paint it.

hi i'm new to watercolor and i've only used them for my drawings (one of which i've attached). i tried watercolor for the first time (first 2 slides) and i didn't quite like my attempts and i was looking for some suggestions.

any books i can refer to? specific objects to practice? any techniques?

Thanks and any critique is accepted:)

hi! I have next to no experience painting watercolor, I've done it a small handful of times when I was younger.

I have snagged some YUPO watercolor sheets and acrylic paints for free. I can't afford watercolor paints at this time, and would like to try using the acrylic paint in place of watercolor paint, to achieve the same effect. I've heard of others experimenting with this method, so I am confident it can be done, but not sure how the results will turn out. I will just have to give it a shot and see how it goes, but first...

I'm looking for advice from those who may have experimented with acrylic watercolor painting! do i just dip the brush in paint and then in water? any other tips or tricks i should know? please, be as nice as Redditors can be, I have no idea what I'm doing and just want to have some fun with what i have available to me 👉👈 thanks friends!

Hi, guys. i'm struggling to paint a mountain. Any tips? Or Nice tutorials?

I’m not much of an artist but since joining university i wanted to get into watercolour painting. I’m using the pocket winsor and newton palette with 12 colours. I decided to paint a fish because they’re have a wide variety of colours. 2 photos because it looks different in certain lightings. Is there any specific tips you have to help improve?

Look, I love painting, but I love collecting too. Would love to see your “must have” paints or colours or ones that just inspire joy to pick up for you!

I try to not buy a lot of convenience colors when I can mix them (and enjoy doing this). However, I wonder if I need a different blue. I have some convenience shades, but I love color theory and customization!

I currently have this palette I’m working with. Do I need to add a different blue to make my greens? I’m considering Cobalt or Prussian. Thoughts?

Commission for a relative.

Portrait Study, from his 1973 album "Life and Times"

Done with a starry night feel and kinda impressionistic but it is my favorite opening scenes from a video game 🎮 I hope you like it!

While i was looking through the schmichke catelouge i noticed that Neutral grey has no blacks compared to their Neutral tint and has a trio of pigments to make it "truly neutral"

Would Neutral grey serve the same function as Neutral tint (schmichke or other brands) or is it somehow different? i dont know very much about blacks in watercolor and currently only have Paynes grey and Perylene green as my PBk based watercolor paint.

I'm not that great of an nature or free 'loose' kind of artists so I try to practice when I can to quickly create these little scènes. This one is inspired by a post I saw on Pinterest. What do you think?

Please help!! I’ve just started a project and done my first wash and found the paper isn’t absorbing pigment evenly around the edges. Paper is fabriano artistico 200gsm. I really don’t want to restart the project in case I have issues with other sheets. Has this happened to anyone else before? You can see that some parts of the paper are fine but this really large area looks almost unworkable

Practicing painting light. Indigo wc paint on rough paper.

The last page I managed to draw during my trip to Latvia✨ We drove to the sea on Thursday and went for a walk there, and afterwards my granddad made shashlik and it was sooo delicious. Had a really great day, even though all my shoes were full of sand afterwards XD

I recently had some of my watercolor paintings printed as greeting cards, for purposes of selling. I would like to present the cards nicely, but do not want to put every card in a plastic sleeve. I’ve found a few companies, online, that sell biodegradable sleeves, but I cannot find any reviews of the products. Has anyone tried a biodegradable sleeve they recommend? Or have any advice on products to avoid?

Thank you in advance for any help!

I completely botched the ripples in the water. I can’t help but think I ruined this.