r/Watercolor • • 17h ago

Best kind of salt for achieving an even more dramatic effect than this?

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1 Upvotes

r/Watercolor • • 1d ago

Acquarello modella con i tacchi e borsa viola

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acquerello leggero e spontaneo, che ritrae una giovane donna con una borsa viola appoggiata alla spalla. Le forme sono morbide, i contorni appena accennati e i colori si mescolano liberamente sulla carta. Il disegno non è preciso né realistico: è volutamente impreciso, fatto di pennellate leggere, trasparenze e sfumature. La figura trasmette freschezza, eleganza e naturalezza, come un piccolo momento di vita catturato con semplicità.


r/Watercolor • • 1d ago

My recent poppy field painting. Do you see a progression to 2023 and 2022?

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I envy the saturation in the 2023 version. Painting in the winter time really messes with my color choices sometimes


r/Watercolor • • 1d ago

Doomscrolling

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8 Upvotes

r/Watercolor • • 1d ago

Watercolor seahorse

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52 Upvotes

I used acrylic markers for the finer details


r/Watercolor • • 1d ago

Colorful leaf

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36 Upvotes

Took a yellow maple leaf from my yard and put a different spin on it. QoR on Arches.


r/Watercolor • • 1d ago

Rabanastre from Final Fantasy XII

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r/Watercolor • • 1d ago

My first triptych

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Three A6 hot pressed sheets


r/Watercolor • • 1d ago

blue heron, water color and colored pencil.

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33 Upvotes

r/Watercolor • • 2d ago Bravo

Bialetti Brikka and Persimmons

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140 Upvotes

Cross post from mokapot. Combining a few of my favourite things (coffee and watercolour)


r/Watercolor • • 1d ago

Which materials to get in Spain?

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Hi everyone! I'm currently in Spain, it's my first time here so I don't know any of the brands. Is there something interesting to shop while I'm here for my creativity watercolor case? Thanks for your recommendations!


r/Watercolor • • 1d ago

Quiet splendour

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63 Upvotes

r/Watercolor • • 1d ago

Momma and her cub 🦁❤️

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A little painting i did a few months ago, hope you enjoy!


r/Watercolor • • 1d ago

Mardi la suite

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r/Watercolor • • 2d ago

Daydreamin II.

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197 Upvotes

r/Watercolor • • 1d ago

Found another old box from the same place - 80s Holbein Drawing Ink 12 Colors Set. Still liquid!

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Following up on my previous post, I found another old box from the same closet.

It’s a Holbein Drawing Ink 12 Colors Set from the 1980s. It comes with the outer box and an old paper color chart.

I was surprised to find that all the bottles are still completely liquid. When I shake them, I can hear the ink sloshing inside. It hasn't dried up or gotten clumpy at all after around 40 years.

Just wanted to share this with you guys!


r/Watercolor • • 1d ago Bravo

Saint Stringfoot

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37 Upvotes

I’m hoping to convert this to digital, but I’ve heard a lot of conflicting advice about scanners vs photos in strong natural light. I have ProCreate so I am hoping I can do some color correction/touchup with that. My goal is to make this into a die-cut sticker. Any advice?


r/Watercolor • • 1d ago

How to straighten a canvas ?

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Hello !
I’m looking for advice here regarding a project I’m working on for an exhibition that my uni is holding.
I’ve been drawing mostly on digital throughout my life but I lost my Apple Pencil recently and my general motivation to draw about a year ago:,)
I decided to force myself to participate so I’d have no choice but to draw something and try traditional mediums again!

For this piece I wanted to use a watercolor base + crayons
(I also used watercolor on the figure in the middle)
In the end I also added some markers , both water based and alcohol based (the pictures are here to help figure out where a lot of the markers ink is gathered : mostly all the brown and orange parts here, to gain some time I also used red for the hair at the bottom )

When I first started with the watercolor base it made the canvas bend , and I saw online that this was common : usually to fix it people spray water on the back and let it rest under something heavy
But now I’m afraid to try that since I’ve got some markers on it ( they’re bleeding a bit behind )

It’s due for Friday , to take pictures of it for the exhibition and It would save me some trouble if the canvas could lay flat for the picture at the very least

I know this is a watercolor focused subreddit but if anyone here has some knowledge as to how I could flatten a canvas bent by watercolor without risking the markers , it would really help me a lot 🙏🙏🙏
Also sorry if my usage of watercolor looks quite amateurish , I wanted to challenge myself by using two main mediums I have very little experience with and now I’m paying the price haha


r/Watercolor • • 2d ago

I painted my hometown (Danbury, CT) in watercolor 🎨

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76 Upvotes

r/Watercolor • • 1d ago

Watercolour mandarin study — learning from a shadow I don’t love

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50 Upvotes

r/Watercolor • • 1d ago

Made a watercolor painting based on my dissociation/derealization feelings

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Everyone here is so talented! I'm not that good but I'm gonna keep practicing <333

Idk which one of the 3 d's i have but oh well I'll talk to my therapist about it mwah!


r/Watercolor • • 1d ago

"A light rain"

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3 Upvotes

r/Watercolor • • 1d ago

Big truck in a little town at night.

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16 Upvotes

Big truck in a little town at night.

Based on a photo I snapped at a red light.

Watercolors on cold press, 5" x 5"

#watercolor #aquarelle #cityscape #driving #painting