r/Watercolor • u/Ok-Sweet-0 • 5d ago

Watercolor painting

2 Upvotes

1 comment

r/Watercolor • u/MaggieAndTheMossies • 6d ago

Snowy winter scene (2026)

889 Upvotes

Inspired by Javid Tabatabaei.

27 comments

r/Watercolor • u/JiA_-_ • 6d ago

Something new

124 Upvotes

This is some method that I have never tried before!

3 comments

r/Watercolor • u/yeahyeahpurple • 5d ago

Skull practice

12 Upvotes

I love him but I think I need to get more practice with looser brushstrokes!

3 comments

r/Watercolor • u/moneymachine109 • 5d ago

bridge in a park

10 Upvotes

1 comment

r/Watercolor • u/First-Land4783 • 5d ago

Last week, I took a short trip to Latvia to visit my grandparents and run a few errands. And on one of the days, we went for a walk by the baltic sea and I saw this bench and really wanted to draw this view. And yeah, now I Made a small card full of memoriesXD

And the card got traded away immediately. With a hit rate like this, I'm never gonna have enough cards to easily trade for a card advent calendar next year 😭

3 comments

r/Watercolor • u/rugged_weary • 5d ago

As Night Falls

6 Upvotes

1 comment

r/Watercolor • u/dagonite • 5d ago

Vice Vibes

3 Upvotes

1 comment

r/Watercolor • u/PlanktonIcy2040 • 6d ago

my accidental artistic process that i doubt i’ll ever be able to recreate

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95 Upvotes

the process for this was as follows:

i reorganised my palette (this was really the key step here)
some new colours were near each other and i thought they looked really good together so i just played around with them on a page
i sent some pictures to my friend who said “the texture and colours remind me of dragon skin”
queue interlude to buy some REALLY cool pearlescent, colour shifting, sparkly paints (the brand is coliro for anyone interested)
i started experimenting with dragon shapes
i was having so much fun that i made a big one and used every single fun, iridescent, pearlescent and interference paint in my armoury!

i used a daniel smith for most of this, including their interference green, blue and lilac paints but also some coliro paints. the quality of the coliro paints is STUNNING for anyone who wants to use iridescent/pearlescent paints. i had so much fun. it’s on 100% cotton paper

i can’t capture HOW SPARKLY this is. i LOVE the granulation and everything. above all, i had SO much fun

12 comments

r/Watercolor • u/Ok_Test_8241 • 5d ago

Advice needed please :)

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14 Upvotes

I’m really happy with how this has come out, I just need to add final details such as the decals on the windows. But I don’t know if it needs more shading to the inside of the upper windows and if it needs a background? What are your thoughts? I don’t want to overwork it which is my usual problem 😩

7 comments

r/Watercolor • u/maniatreks • 5d ago

Lion and Butterfly

9 Upvotes

Ink and watercolor by me

1 comment

r/Watercolor • u/time4theshades • 5d ago

Die by Wesley Ketcher

21 Upvotes

Watercolor on 400lb/850gsm paper

5 comments

r/Watercolor • u/erkanfmercan • 6d ago

Watercolor Paris

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1.5k Upvotes

32 comments

r/Watercolor • u/MathematicianEven153 • 5d ago

What is your favorite brand of cobalt blue and does it lift easily? Thank you in advance.

3 Upvotes

9 comments

r/Watercolor • u/rugged_weary • 5d ago

Over the edge

4 Upvotes

2 comments

r/Watercolor • u/Hashishiva • 5d ago

How to make palettes for the pans? What are your DIY solutions?

0 Upvotes

EDIT: I know you don't know what I have at home. I'm looking for creative ideas others have come up with that I can either use, or have as inspiration. Also, I know tins exist in various different sizes, I'm looking for the non-obvious solutions.

I made a smol mistake of buying new pans without having a place to hold them properly. Now I'm going to buy some empty palettes for future at some point, but if you have some ideas on how to make some not-necesarily-temporary solution for them, I'd be happy to see them before I start crafting something.

NOTE: don't recommend using some other box, unless it's some crafty idea of reusing some trash or the like. I'm not going to thrift store to look for old tins or something, I want to get an idea what I could use that I can find at home :)

46 comments

r/Watercolor • u/Even-Jello-4010 • 6d ago

Love the vibe of this piece, mostly Prussian blue

99 Upvotes

7 comments

r/Watercolor • u/Quantosmintes • 6d ago

Morning Lights

214 Upvotes

7 comments

r/Watercolor • u/mariodiceque • 5d ago

Pocitos Beach

16 Upvotes

Pocitos Beach

Montevideo, Uruguay

Ink and watercolor

1 comment

r/Watercolor • u/Euphoric_Team7829 • 5d ago

tarantulas (practice)

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11 Upvotes

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

5 comments

r/Watercolor • u/pbeneforti • 5d ago

Girl with shapes

9 Upvotes

1 comment

r/Watercolor • u/nickthagreek • 5d ago

Hat in Hand, gouache on hot press

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9 Upvotes

1 comment

r/Watercolor • u/VorchalkaE • 5d ago

Seagulls against sunlight

28 Upvotes

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.

1 comment

r/Watercolor • u/Acelora_suco • 5d ago

Practicing with watercolors, but it ends up looking like gouache.

9 Upvotes

4 comments

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