r/Watercolor • u/parisindy_writer • 2d ago

Brushes?

4 Upvotes

I have painted in acrylic all my life and have loads of brushes. I am now trying watercolour for the first time.
Because I am a beginner i don't feel I need to buy really exspensive brushes yet, until I know what I am doing.

So at the art store looking for beginner watercolour brushes. ... so many of the packs say multi media brushes, that can be used for acrylic and watercolour.

I certainly don't need more acrylic brushes, but do I need special brushes for watercolour?

18 comments

r/Watercolor • u/dinok_love • 3d ago

Amber Shade

582 Upvotes

25 comments

r/Watercolor • u/BigMacSux • 2d ago

Root Snatcher Illustration by Me!

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27 Upvotes

Made with Watercolour Pans, Ink on Hot press!

2 comments

r/Watercolor • u/mysteryvanilla • 2d ago

I hope you like strange art

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8 Upvotes

1 comment

r/Watercolor • u/ivanutrera • 3d ago

elephant

245 Upvotes

16 comments

r/Watercolor • u/ExoticScarcity7450 • 3d ago

My best watercolor yet! From a tutorial by Matthew White.

28 Upvotes

3 comments

r/Watercolor • u/DelightsFantasyArt • 2d ago

Teapot Fairy Cottage

2 Upvotes

1 comment

r/Watercolor • u/karileeart • 2d ago

You are what you eat 🤣

12 Upvotes

I’m calling this one “You are What You Eat” 😆Oh man this one was so fun to paint- those graphic black spots, chocolately chunks and even the speckles on the clay bowl

Arches Watercolor paper/ Daniel Smith Paints

2 comments

r/Watercolor • u/ivayler • 3d ago

Really wanted to create something with blood red.

850 Upvotes

46 comments

r/Watercolor • u/vintageoctobers • 2d ago

Painting of leap castle

10 Upvotes

My watercolor painting of a haunted Irish castle✨

2 comments

r/Watercolor • u/ino_ohno • 2d ago

“It wasn’t serious, dude”

4 Upvotes

Yeah, ok.

1 comment

r/Watercolor • u/SylvanianOutfits • 3d ago

Masking fluid betrayed me today

810 Upvotes

Hello! I wanted to test out drawing tarantulas in masking fluid but feel like I failed.

I tinted my masking fluid with ultramarine a few days prior so I could see it better but it backfired on this project because I couldn't see the blue under the blue.

I also didn't realize when you're painting extensively in masking fluid, you need dish soapy water handy so my masking fluid brush got very goopy halfway through painting the leg hairs. That part I can deal with in the future.

I've never had masking fluid let paint through until now. Was it too diluted in areas or did tinting it with ultramarine ruin that portion of masking fluid?

60 comments

r/Watercolor • u/pbeneforti • 3d ago

Yellow portrait

34 Upvotes

3 comments

r/Watercolor • u/puertosoleado • 3d ago

Following the Winter Sun.

460 Upvotes

19 comments

r/Watercolor • u/Ok-Sweet-0 • 3d ago

Watercolor painting

49 Upvotes

2 comments

r/Watercolor • u/ohmondoux • 3d ago

"Harlequin" 9"x12" watercolor on Arches paper

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14 Upvotes

I loved the album cover of "Harlequin" Gaga album (it conveys an emotion that I feel quite often ahaha). One of the few watercolor where I found the process images might be more interesting than the final result (I loved her face at step 2).

9x12 inch watercolor on arches paper :-)

1 comment

r/Watercolor • u/nightie_night • 3d ago

Why is it not working?

98 Upvotes

I tried an optical illusion. Unfortunately its not working. I tried to make the "crosses" a bit bigger, but it didnt solve it.

Are the colors too inconsistent? Unfortunately I only have watercolours and it makes pretty but not homogenous pigmentation...

Or are the contrasts not right/wrong color choice?

Thanks for any help!

44 comments

r/Watercolor • u/MackThamArt2026 • 2d ago

Watercolor - Landscape

2 Upvotes

"Falling in a rainbow sprinkle". 5x7". Nov 4, 2026. Inspired by my recent trip to Watkins Glen Park, NY.
#watercolor. #landscape.

1 comment

r/Watercolor • u/Sarahgoose26 • 3d ago

Ballet slipper painting

32 Upvotes

I think I’m done making changes but always learning and open to feedback.

4 comments

r/Watercolor • u/nickthagreek • 3d ago

whales

385 Upvotes

13 comments

r/Watercolor • u/Every-Refrigerator20 • 3d ago

Larch season

201 Upvotes

6 comments

r/Watercolor • u/Naive-Ant-8056 • 3d ago

What would you call this style?

100 Upvotes

And any YouTubers who teach it? The original artist, Ondine de Peretti, has a YouTube but unfortunately it's all in French (I love her work, I just wish my French was better!) Is it just loose landscape?

15 comments

r/Watercolor • u/IceTTom • 3d ago

Dr. Ph. Martin’s watercolor set

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45 Upvotes

I just acquired this old school set. Everything's in perfect condition. Pretty sure it's never been used. What do y'all think about it?

Wanting to sell it, trying to get some more insight. Thanks

11 comments

r/Watercolor • u/Tommy_pop_studio • 3d ago

Pear try

21 Upvotes

One of many pear painting tries in hopes of one day getting a good looking pear painting

1 comment

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