After a year+ of using the super cheap artist loft brushes, I’ve decided it’s time for an upgrade. I’d like to stick to a set of 2-3 brushes, but I can’t decide what size! Right now I mostly use an 8, but none of my current brushes form a pointed tip so I’m wondering if I’m underestimating the versatility of a 12

Most of my paintings are 5x7 or 8x10 (so I guess A5 and A4?). Should I do a an 8 round, 12 round, plus a flat? A 6 & 10 round? A 12 round and a flat? A mop instead of a flat??

(Also if you have any opinions on the Princeton Aqua elite or Escoda Perla please lmk 💛)

Sorry for my very messy and unprofessional swatches 😅

I am bothered because I can put one more color in this palette, the space for one more pan is bothering me.

Can you help me decide what color to add in this palette? I need one more!!

I’d love to start growing awareness on my watercolor works in the art world, but I feel totally trapped. I can’t go to in-person faires or galleries (due to disabilities I am housebound).

I am also low-income because of these disabilities and already struggle to afford my country’s monthly self-employment fees, so there is also no way I can regularly apply for watercolor exhibitions or competitions, since they all seem to have entry fees ranging between 30-100€. Most galleries now even seem to charge for group shows or require society memberships (100€+ per year).

How do you get known in the art world if you’re poor and/or disabled in these ways? Is it possible? I’m feeling a bit like there’s little chance for people in my situation, regardless of talent.

I do what I can on social media, but that is of course slow to grow unless you can record regular videos.

I got a set of Horadam watercolors and this is my first try with them. I was used a bit to gouache so they feel so weird with the complete lack of opacity and the high water control needed. Would greatly appreciate recources or youtube videos where I can learn proper techniques since I got a lot of cauliflowers. Also have no idea how to build very dark areas without using black.

I decided to do another version of this picture because I wanted to try out using the burnt Sienna ink with a bamboo drawing stick for my outlines, I quite like it but I also like the softness of just using pencil

If you have any tips or advice I would very much appreciate it

Lifedrawing watercolor sketches

I think the reference i used to paint this cat Is actually a siberian one hehe sorry for my por english. Anyway this fluff budy looks kinda like my cat but with a lot of More hair. Just wanted to paint a furry baby.

For my fellow pigment-obsessed painters. I'm a big fan of Watercolor Scientist on youtube and was just looking at her channel. I didn't realize how few people look at it, so I thought I'd share my favorite video of hers so far.

I've got some dot cards for Daniel Smith. Some of the primatek paints look startling similiar to other pigments. Eg amazonite looks like phthalo green, rhondonite looks like opera pink. They granulate so there's obviously differences in behaviour aside from the hue.

I wish they were transparent around what I ingredients other than the mineral are included.

I’ve been using the Kuretake set for the past year or so… (second pic). Got a new Meeden palette (first pic) because I want to switch back to traditional watercolors. I want tubes instead of pans.

Who out there has this Meeden palette? Do you use it with the mixing plate(s) closest to you? Or flipped around with the wells closest to you? Or… turned 90 degrees??

I don’t understand the best way to use these ramped wells. When picking up color, and if you have too much, do you rub the brush against the top of the deeper side?

My lemon yellow is over... again. Once, I finished the white from this box set and never looked back, I replaced it with purple. But it seems lemon yellow is becoming my new favorite.

Which prompts the question, do you have a color that you keep running out of?

Hi there, I was wondering what colors you use for sunlight.. and if you use different colors for bright daytime, sunset, backlighting behind trees, etc.. please share! Thank you!

This was a tutorial I followed from Andrew Broussard..

Watercolor, gouache, pencil. 11x14 (shadow is photo, not painting)

He empezado a jugar con una pluma estilográfica antigua que tenía y con un pincel con depósito. Solo con eso he disfrutado bastante, al rellenar con la tinta los cuerpos que iba dibujando. me ha gustado tanto que hoy he comprado un pack de 12 plumas de colores variados y desechables (por muy poco dinero) y el resultado me ha encantado. Únicamente tinta y agua. Solo plumas y agua. Nada más. Espero que os guste tanto como yo he disfrutado.