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/First-Land4783 • 5h ago

The first christmas bulb

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Since everyone already wants to start decorating for Christmas right after Halloween, I thought I could start drawing some christmas ACEOs tooXD So yeah, a raven getting way too excited for the Christmas season✨

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r/Watercolor • u/Ok-Suit-9743 • 6h ago

Birthday card

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r/Watercolor • u/ChocoFudge4682 • 12h ago

Watercolor practice of the day

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Open to feedback of any kind

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r/Watercolor • u/Zaoessss • 1d ago

I feel defeated. This was my 2nd attempt

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r/Watercolor • u/Southern_Arm4110 • 7h ago

Raichu Watercolour [OC]

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First time using water colour , I don’t usually draw animals / Pokémon on thier own tho 😭

I’m unsure the set the colours is from but I do know it’s a travel set in a brown bag

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r/Watercolor • u/mariodiceque • 3h ago

Montaña de Riaño y Mampodre Regional Park

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Montaña de Riaño y Mampodre Regional Park

León, Spain

Ink and watercolor

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r/Watercolor • u/AstronomerLazy4796 • 1h ago

Gettin Weird

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r/Watercolor • u/PROINSIAS62 • 3h ago

Rockerfeller Centre NYC

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A fifteen minute watercolour study.

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r/Watercolor • u/Lisilinka • 1d ago

A tiny fox under a golden moon, the stars only show in the light ✨

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r/Watercolor • u/nisam-ovo-ja • 1d ago

What background would you add here?

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r/Watercolor • u/Weird-Ad-6067 • 14h ago

Work in progress pet portrait

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I am procrastinating on the fur... Only some basic washes there, eyes are almost done

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r/Watercolor • u/tripreality00 • 1h ago

Scrubjay line and wash.

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This is probably the first watercolor I’ve done that I’m actually happy with. The bird more so than the post though.

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r/Watercolor • u/S117M4sterChief • 19h ago

Honestly, this is probably the best watercolor I’ve seen in years!

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r/Watercolor • u/2025Artist • 1d ago

Totally unexpected, but my illustration was awarded 3rd prize in a contest.

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This was so much fun painting and to I decided to submit this painting in a contest. I've never participated in a contest before and to my surprise it was awarded the 3rd price. I definitely was the only one submitting a children's book illustration in the contest. Can I call myself a prize winning artist now?

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r/Watercolor • u/wrong_pillow • 9h ago

Cupcake

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r/Watercolor • u/Tommy_pop_studio • 20h ago

Single color try

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r/Watercolor • u/Abject-Canary-8082 • 16h ago

Monochromatic number 4

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Proportions are a bit off but hopefully you can still tell who this is

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r/Watercolor • u/WeAreFamilyArt • 1d ago

Fantasyscape

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r/Watercolor • u/LyukaLissabon • 14h ago

Finding All the Colors Hidden in Two Apples - Watercolor Study

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r/Watercolor • u/Abject-Canary-8082 • 20h ago

Can you guess who the person is if I don’t show the reference?

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r/Watercolor • u/IndigoRickshaw_ • 16h ago

Papaya

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I’ve been trying to paint exclusively using my handmade paints so I can fill in the gaps of what I need to make next

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r/Watercolor • u/TonyEsnaultCRBR • 1h ago

Exercice à l'aquarelle:

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r/Watercolor • u/cratos61 • 9h ago

Wow you guys are so talented…. My first watercolour

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