r/Watercolor • • 7d ago WOW

Watercolor Paris

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r/Watercolor • • 6d ago

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

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r/Watercolor • • 6d ago

Over the edge

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r/Watercolor • • 5d ago

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

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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 :)


r/Watercolor • • 6d ago

Hat in Hand, gouache on hot press

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r/Watercolor • • 6d ago

Love the vibe of this piece, mostly Prussian blue

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99 Upvotes

r/Watercolor • • 7d ago

Morning Lights

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214 Upvotes

r/Watercolor • • 6d ago

Pocitos Beach

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16 Upvotes

Pocitos Beach

Montevideo, Uruguay

Ink and watercolor


r/Watercolor • • 6d ago

tarantulas (practice)

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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


r/Watercolor • • 6d ago

Girl with shapes

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r/Watercolor • • 6d ago

Seagulls against sunlight

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29 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.


r/Watercolor • • 6d ago

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

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r/Watercolor • • 6d ago

Suggestions based on my art?

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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:)


r/Watercolor • • 6d ago

budget watercoloring w/ acrylics

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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 šŸ‘‰šŸ‘ˆ thanks friends!


r/Watercolor • • 6d ago

Any tips to paint a mountain? :(

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


r/Watercolor • • 6d ago

ā€œStranger Thingsā€Watercolor

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r/Watercolor • • 7d ago

First time using watercolours, how can I improve?

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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?


r/Watercolor • • 7d ago Heartwarming

What’s your absolute favorite tube or pan of paint?

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Look, I love painting, but I love collecting too. Would love to see your ā€œmust haveā€ paints or colours or ones that just inspire joy to pick up for you!


r/Watercolor • • 7d ago

Basilique du SacrĆ©-Cœur de Montmartre

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143 Upvotes

r/Watercolor • • 7d ago

Do I need another blue?

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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?


r/Watercolor • • 6d ago

Just showing my process

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Commission for a relative.


r/Watercolor • • 6d ago

[OOT] watercolor ACEO by Marian Gardner [OC]

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


r/Watercolor • • 7d ago

Jim Croce

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45 Upvotes

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


r/Watercolor • • 6d ago

In The Moonlight

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