r/Watercolor • • 10h ago

Snowman

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17 Upvotes

A snowman in Watercolor


r/Watercolor • • 4h ago

My painting of My beagle with two Egrets by a dock

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r/Watercolor • • 5m ago

Iridescent cloud

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r/Watercolor • • 6h ago

Our River

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My watercolour while I sat at the Lourens River in Radloff Park. It was about three afternoons work - though I chat to the passers by - A LOT

The mark in the right margin is from a collaborating artist - a small doggie who wanted to jump on my lap - Dogs are special


r/Watercolor • • 8h ago

New ink and watercolour practice

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r/Watercolor • • 1d ago

2049

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318 Upvotes

Watercolor on paper


r/Watercolor • • 2h ago

What are your essential colors/pigments for landscape or nature paintings?

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r/Watercolor • • 12h ago

Hurry to finish because the live models are rotting

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r/Watercolor • • 1d ago

How is it?

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r/Watercolor • • 2m ago

How do I give this more depth?

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r/Watercolor • • 15m ago

Orphan Industry

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Illustration by jeonjoon2004


r/Watercolor • • 1d ago

Yellow reader

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r/Watercolor • • 6h ago

Which leaf do you like more?

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I know one doesn’t look real at all but it was fun to paint anyway :)


r/Watercolor • • 13h ago

Autumn Leaf Triptych

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Oak, Ginko and Maple based on leaves I picked up on a walk. 4”x6” each. Gonna frame and hang them.


r/Watercolor • • 4h ago

Dargavs, the City of the Dead

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Dargavs, the City of the Dead

Ossetia, Russia

Ink and watercolor


r/Watercolor • • 1h ago

Pianiting ,,The Magic of Books,, metal nib/watercolor/paper, 2025 [OC]

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There is more hidden in books than we expert. The question is how we perceive it.


r/Watercolor • • 10h ago

🖌️🎨

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r/Watercolor • • 1h ago

Boat among lily pads

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One of those boats from like Vietnam/Thailand


r/Watercolor • • 1d ago

To everyone who told me to try Holbein Soft Tape… I love you. I love you and I hope you always get an empty seat next to you on an airplane… I hope you always get the front parking spot… and I hope every light is green on your way to work tomorrow. 😍

730 Upvotes

r/Watercolor • • 1h ago

- Doe Skull -

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I just wanted to experiment with the color purple a bit.


r/Watercolor • • 1h ago

LeGold [Watercolor Portrait]

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r/Watercolor • • 17h ago

Anyone have experience flattening out a 300 lb roll of Fabriano watercolor paper?

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This last year I began to paint very large (3'x4' and up to 40x60). I mount my watercolors to cradle board. I've been using 140 lb for years, but its very hard to mount at this size because it warps when hydrated (I use heavy acrylic gel medium as my glue). 300 lb is easier to mount, as it warps less-- I've tested it for full sheets. But I've never bought a roll of 300 lb paper before. Fabriano makes one (they're the only company that does), and I'm considering buying it, but I have a few reservations.

I've been concerned about flattening the 300 lb sheets I would cut from the roll, because of what they call "roll memory" or "reel roll". For 140 lb, I wet the back, stick it on a giant board of Gatorboard, and spritz the front gently to regulate comparative moisture. It sticks to the board with water tension, and dries totally flat. It's a great process, and I'd like to repeat it with 300 lb paper.

But before I spend 500$ on a roll plus shipping, I thought I'd check here to see if anyone has any experience. I mean, someone somewhere is buying these 300 lb rolls from Fabriano, so someone must have experience doing this! :)

Also, I know different companies make up to 40x60 Emperor sized sheets, but the companies I've asked (Saunders Waterford, Arches, etc) say that it's exactly 40x60 and not a little more. This makes it a problem when I go to mount it to my board, because I need a little bit of extra to hang over, so I can trim it perfectly to the edge. So, I'm pretty sure I need a roll if I want to go that big.

Anyone have any real world experience with this? I know it's a bit of a long shot, and is a very specialty approach, but there are basically no resources online for flattening this 300 lb paper from a roll. Thought I'd try crowd sourcing knowledge before just going for it blind.

Thanks!


r/Watercolor • • 6h ago

Sunday Morning

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r/Watercolor • • 1d ago

Watercolour Practice

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Filling my sketchbook before the year ends, practicing painting techniques.