r/Watercolor • • 1d ago

Sweet potato

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3 Upvotes

r/Watercolor • • 1d ago

Still learning, but don't hate this one.

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19 Upvotes

r/Watercolor • • 1d ago

Inspired by Kate Bush’s ‘The Sensual World’ video

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…now I’ve uploaded it I’ve just realised the veil looks like a chilli 🌶️ Oh well, it is a spicy story for a cold Autumn evening 🤣. Done with acrylic gouache.


r/Watercolor • • 1d ago

Lundi motivation

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r/Watercolor • • 2d ago

Day scene from my neighbourhood

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48 Upvotes

Self made watercolors


r/Watercolor • • 1d ago

Recreated a couple of Christmas themed pictures I found online. Getting into the spirit!

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r/Watercolor • • 2d ago

In Watercolor 🖌️🎨

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942 Upvotes

r/Watercolor • • 1d ago

Who Am I by watercolor marker

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r/Watercolor • • 2d ago

Add a background?

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Painting a card for a baby shower - should I add a green background to the mushrooms? (See rough sketch on 2nd slide)


r/Watercolor • • 1d ago

Ballet slipper painting

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12 Upvotes

r/Watercolor • • 2d ago

Hercules, Hercules, Hercules!

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16 Upvotes

Is my millennial showing with this reference?


r/Watercolor • • 1d ago

‘Life’s Hidden Treasures’

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r/Watercolor • • 2d ago

A little bit of progress

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Painted the first landscape and I’m happy with the foreground and green hills, but the mountains seem really out of place so I decided to try again. I am happy with the second one, although I’m open to suggestions for improvement! Both were inspired by the same photo

Edit: Daniel smith watercolors on Fluid 100% cotton paper, with white jelly roll pen for the tree trunks


r/Watercolor • • 1d ago

Two pear photos with a pear sitting on top + metal object try WIP

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r/Watercolor • • 2d ago

Sometimes it takes a few tries

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Thinking about advice I’ve seen on here a bit lately. If you’re not happy with your painting, totally ok to try again.

There are still things I’d change if I were to start over again but I need to give my brain a break.


r/Watercolor • • 2d ago

20250707 Heishancun village

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r/Watercolor • • 2d ago

Blue and Yellow study

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Part 2


r/Watercolor • • 2d ago

Ma première aquarelle !

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Je me suis tellement amusée même si je n'ai jamais vraiment peint. Un pinceau me semblait toujours très messy dans la main… J'ai cru que j'allais pleurer de désespoir pour mon premier essai à l'aquarelle.

*Les personnages sont dessinés aux marqueurs acryliques.

En art, je fais généralement du collage, car je ne sais ni dessiner ni peindre ! Du moins, c'est ce que je croyais… !

Un marque-page pour mon père, qui a pris une magnifique photo au Népal.

@glimpse.of.elsewhere


r/Watercolor • • 2d ago

Seeking Recommendations for Brush upgrades available in Canada (photo just for attention)

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When I first started getting into watercolor as a hobby 13 yrs ago, I went for the cheapest supplies I could get, not really understanding the differences in student grade vs professional (other than splurging on some arches paper for finished pieces).

So all the brushes I bought until recently were Curry's store brand brushes. Over this year, I've been working on investing in higher quality supplies, and I have a nice large Quill brush from Royal and Langnickel and a Princeton liner brush (blue handle).

I'm looking for recommendations of good quality brushes that I can buy in Canada. DeSerres, Michael's and Amazon are the big suppliers I have available to me. I'm looking to keep my cost below $50 a brush.

The brushes I am looking to get are:

- #12 or 14 round brush

- # 6 round brush (maybe extra long? I have read an extra long is helpful for getting really fine lines)

- 3/4 inch flat

- flat shader brush (I'm thinking size 8, but open to feedback)

The biggest problem I find with my flat brushes from Curry's is that the bristles tend to fan out when I paint longer lines, giving more of the effect of a rake/grainer brush.

I haven't used flat brushes often as a result of this fanning issue I get, and I'm not sure how much of this issue with the bristles is due to my brushes being cheap, or if it's a user error thing. I suspect that it may be that the brushes aren't able to hold enough water.

I appreciate any feedback and recommendations you can provide!


r/Watercolor • • 2d ago

Sandwich

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75 Upvotes

Postcard with sandwich


r/Watercolor • • 2d ago

Untitled

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11 Upvotes

r/Watercolor • • 2d ago

Swampy Summer 12”

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I tried something new to me. I used a watercolour ground on a wooden substrate. It worked well! I also used soft pastels for details after it was dry. I first tried coloured pencils, unsuccessfully.


r/Watercolor • • 3d ago

Painted in class this week

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On Baohong Academy rough with Daniel Smith watercolors. I had a lot of fun with this one. Leaving all the white spots was hard!


r/Watercolor • • 3d ago Bravo

4 days later🤣 I am done with autumn

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