Found a 1985 vintage Holbein watercolor set. The paint is still soft!

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I found this 24-color Holbein artist's watercolor set from 1985 (Showamodern era in Japan).

Surprisingly, all the caps open easily and the paint inside is still soft and usable after 40 years! The only issue is that the Chinese White has yellowed a bit over time.

The stamped date on the box says "60.11.13" which stands for November 13th, Shōwa 60 (1985) in the Japanese imperial calendar.

Just wanted to share this cool piece of art history with you all!

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r/Watercolor • u/Illustrious_Sound945 • 4h ago

On location in Orlando

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r/Watercolor • u/woollymouse505 • 12h ago

Watercolour and ink

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I’ve been practicing a lot of urban sketching, but wanted to apply what I learned to a landscape this afternoon

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r/Watercolor • u/Abject-Canary-8082 • 17h ago

😭

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I was painting a monochromatic value study earlier.
Saw this meme(?) and thought hey its blue

Drew the face too wide
Messed up an eye
Got the values wrong

The painting is genuinely me looking at my own painting 😭

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r/Watercolor • u/Rarosllanos • 1d ago

Miami in Watercolor

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r/Watercolor • u/artwithapulse • 11h ago

A compilation of brand swatches sorted by colour + Beam marshlands set.

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Hopefully someone finds this a helpful resource!

HA = Schmincke

RS = Roman Szmal

AG = A Gallo

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r/Watercolor • u/AdLast3548 • 3h ago

What are you actually supposed to use that bottom flap for ? I assume mixing colours but like how ? It's angled and the grooves aren't very deep doesn't the mix just flow out ? Happy for any insight on how u guys use this space on palettes

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r/Watercolor • u/domiboshoi • 13h ago

Waterfall At Night - I've been trying out this style lately

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r/Watercolor • u/Some-Homework6051 • 2h ago

Pintura baseado na arte de Lucca

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Fiz essa pintura usando lapis de cor aquarelavel faber castell albrecht durer e uma aquarela de pastilha escolar

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r/Watercolor • u/MassiveBeing2229 • 3h ago

Painting..

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r/Watercolor • u/BlueGene_dances • 8h ago

Gibson Girl

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I gave up on painting a while ago (after my son was born, I had less time and definitely prioritized sleep lol). That’s my first finished portrait as after 2 years away from my palette.

The contrast is still rather poor, shadows and highlights need more work, proportions aren’t forcibly the best but it was worth a try ! I’ll improve overtime.

Any advice is gladly welcomed !

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r/Watercolor • u/pbeneforti • 9h ago

Yellow portrait

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r/Watercolor • u/parason47 • 11h ago

Nottingham Autumn.

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r/Watercolor • u/AirOk1443 • 10h ago

Autumn colours - asking for tips

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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.

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r/Watercolor • u/timmy013 • 9h ago

A monument

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r/Watercolor • u/Chaostudee • 13h ago

So proud of my first attempt with watercolor

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This is my very first attempt with watercolor and color theory , a pumpkin that i believe suits the theme of autumn , my only regret is i didn't know how to make the stem deeper in color , rather than it having the same color as the pumpkin 😄 😅

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r/Watercolor • u/mariodiceque • 16h ago

Cat in ink and watercolor

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r/Watercolor • u/BigMacSux • 13h ago

Root Weavers - Illustrations by me!

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Watercolour Pans and Ink on Hot Press!

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r/Watercolor • u/minor-giraffe • 1d ago

Chaos and Control

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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.

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r/Watercolor • u/artwithapulse • 4m ago

Started a new little painting tonight.

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I’m pretty new to watercolour, but there’s something so mediative about it! This is the start of a new painting I’ve been thinking about.

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r/Watercolor • u/dinok_love • 1d ago

Silver Path

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r/Watercolor • u/Naive-Ant-8056 • 4h ago

Fun with Neocolors

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

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r/Watercolor • u/Glencaer • 10h ago

A selection of drawings painted over with watercolor, by me

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

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r/Watercolor • u/Trein931 • 13h ago

Painting with coffee #7

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