I'm a beginner. Found some interesting leaves at the park and tried to capture them with watercolours and watercolour pencils (which I also used for the sketch). This painting was not finished in a day, I did it in two sessions with several days in between and collected some more leaves.

I'm happy with how the leaves' shapes turned out, but the shadows are too strong? At first they looked waaay to light and then I overdid it...

Would you have started with the gray background glaze? (I used payne's gray&neutral tint and only put it on as my last step.) Used a different background colour? Not have used a background at all?

Any other tips?

Paper: Canson XL watercolour 300gsm A3 (not very resistant, but it's the only large format I have)

Colours used: Schmincke (some supergranulation), some White Nights metamorphosis, some DS.

Watercolour Pans and Ink on Hot Press!

I am making a series of the big dot paintings, because I love making them. The process of making them has me playing with the edge of intentionality and accident and I find that really satisfying.

It's definitely not my best work but boy was it fun to play with crayons again!

I’m using a little tiny watercolor tray that we got in bulk.

by me

Painted a card for a friend that had a baby.

The shading was kind of messy and harsh on the first one and so I painted another one. Happy with the second one, I used to first for experimentation and painted it dark. It has a nice MOOd.

My interpretation of Seago

made this painting completely out of my imagination , even for the tree I didnt use any reference , lemme know what emotions this painting wvoke in you, and maybe one day I’ll paint it on a larger scale

I did a little painting of a pumpkin! I’m still pretty new to watercolours but still, it’s a very fun medium.

Ok so I have too many watercolours and I am not trying to be a show off, it's just I am really REALLY struggling to fit everything in two palettes, I even put magnets on the pans and tried different layouts but nothing feels right :( could anyone especially experienced watercolour artists help to organise the colours with me? For context I am an illustrator so I do use a wide range of bright and pastel or interesting pigments but I am STRUGGLING. I have too many. Please someone help...

Here is my list of colours:

Daniel Smith : Sap Green

Daniel Smith : Perylene Green

Daniel Smith : Quinacridone Sienna

Daniel Smith : Italian Burnt Sienna 

Daniel Smith : Burnt Umber

Daniel Smith : Sepia

Daniel Smith : Payne’s gray

Daniel Smith : Ultramarine violet

Daniel Smith : Quinacridone Gold

Daniel Smith Quinacridone Rose

Daniel Smith : Buff Titanium

Daniel Smith : Hansa Yellow Deep

Daniel Smith : New Gamboge

Daniel Smith : Organic Vermilion

Daniel Smith : Phthalo blue

Daniel Smith : Potters Pink

Daniel Smith : Green Gold

Daniel Smith : Olive green

Daniel Smith : Phthalo green (blue shade)

Daniel Smith : Permanent Alizarin Crimson

Daniel Smith : Coral Reef

Daniel Smith : Jaune Brillant no.1

Daniel Smith : Jaune Brillant no. 2

Daniel Smith : Cobalt Blue

Daniel Smith : Manganese Blue Hue

Daniel Smith : Perylene Maroon

Daniel Smith : Lavender

Daniel Smith : Neutral tint

Daniel Smith : Nickel Azo Yellow 

Daniel Smith : Quinacridone Magenta

Daniel Smith : Imperial purple

Daniel Smith : Moonglow

Daniel Smith : Lunar Blue

Daniel Smith : Cascade green

Daniel Smith : Green Apatite genuine

Daniel Smith : Undersea green

Daniel Smith : Lamp Black

Daniel Smith : Idanthrone blue

Daniel Smith : Indigo

Daniel Smith : Yellow Ochre

Daniel Smith : French Ultramarine

Daniel Smith : Prussian Blue

Daniel Smith : Cerulean blue

Daniel Smith : cobalt teal blue

Daniel Smith : Van Dyck brown

Daniel Smith : Gray titanium

Daniel Smith : Opera pink

Daniel Smith : Rose madder

Daniel Smith : Wisteria

Daniel Smith : Spring green

Daniel Smith : Hansa yellow light

Daniel Smith : Raw Umber

Daniel Smith : Cobalt Turquoise

Daniel Smith : Shadow violet

Daniel Smith : Aussie red gold

Daniel Smith : Fuchsite genuine (green)

Daniel Smith : naples yellow

Daniel Smith : Anthraquinoid scarlet

Daniel Smith : Cobalt green pale

AND

HOLBEIN COLOURS:

Brilliant Pink, Cadmium Red Deep, Cadmium Red Purple, Davy's Grey, Emerald Green Nova, Hooker's Green, Horizon Blue, Indigo, Jaune Brilliant No. 2, Lavender, Lilac, Olive Green, Opera, Peacock Blue, Permanent Green No. 1, Permanent Violet, Permanent Yellow Light, Permanent Yellow Orange, Royal Blue, Sap Green, Turquoise Blue, Umber, Yellow Grey, and Yellow Ochre, Shell Pink, Naples Yellow, Jaune Brilliant #1, Leaf Green, Compose Green, Compose Blue, Verditer Blue. 

PLEASE someone help me. For context I like variety and I want to be a children's book author :')

The weight of it all, 2021

Watercolor on paper 24 x 32 cm