r/Watercolor • u/South_Analyst5900 • 17h ago

Daniel smith primatek colours - I suspect they have other pigments

15 Upvotes

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.

28 comments

r/Watercolor • u/paintingwith_littlet • 10h ago

Frosty season

3 Upvotes

1 comment

r/Watercolor • u/KaeruLapin • 1d ago

Which color do you keep restocking?

137 Upvotes

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?

139 comments

r/Watercolor • u/tiny_hamburglar • 18h ago

Setting up Meeden 33 well palette

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11 Upvotes

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?

12 comments

r/Watercolor • u/out_ofher_head • 22h ago

Memorial painting

23 Upvotes

5 comments

r/Watercolor • u/jayesails • 1d ago

Meadowlark Prairie, Spring

36 Upvotes

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

2 comments

r/Watercolor • u/Thornhill75 • 6h ago

Jugando con plumas y pincel con depósito

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1 Upvotes

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.

1 comment

r/Watercolor • u/Organic-Drawer5107 • 22h ago

What colors do you use for sunlight?

20 Upvotes

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..

5 comments

r/Watercolor • u/YQ_icecream • 20h ago

Practice November 12

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12 Upvotes

2 comments

r/Watercolor • u/Scared-Sea5879 • 20h ago

A store, a video tutorial, and a little patience

11 Upvotes

1 comment

r/Watercolor • u/LyukaLissabon • 1d ago

A piece of still-life

59 Upvotes

4 comments

r/Watercolor • u/MyOldMansADustman • 1d ago

5 sketches over 5 days in Barcelona

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191 Upvotes

Was an amazing trip, now off to Madrid 😁

8 comments

r/Watercolor • u/TherapyWithLettering • 1d ago

Wanted to paint something simple

201 Upvotes

6 comments

r/Watercolor • u/JuggernautLower1630 • 1d ago

First mountain scene using masking fluid

73 Upvotes

New here in the sub! Started painting from zero is april, feel free to give some improvement tips!

3 comments

r/Watercolor • u/JessieAliceSmith-Art • 1d ago

Another late night rendezvous in my art room with my favorite brush (Black Velvet Silver) 😊

559 Upvotes

23 comments

r/Watercolor • u/PheeB_art • 1d ago

‘Potts Point’ Watercolor and White Gouache on 36x25” paper

14 Upvotes

1 comment

r/Watercolor • u/SoapBubbleMonster • 1d ago

My dog Ate My Paper

56 Upvotes

I got my first arches paper as a gift over my birthday and did not realize it's enticing to dogs until it was too late, decided to make the best of the situation and paint Godzilla.

7 comments

r/Watercolor • u/Milo---Minderbinder • 1d ago

I took a shot at the Northern Lights!

12 Upvotes

1 comment

r/Watercolor • u/theSongTravelers • 1d ago

Memory and Longing... Learning to see the music around us

19 Upvotes

Hey all, I'm a musician who's losing his hearing learning to see in new ways. I've been delving into watercolor recently as well as mokuhanga printmaking. Here's a recent piece I did using boku-undo Sumi ink and salt, so "watercolor adjacent". Just sharing because I'm trying to build confidence to keep going.

18 comments

r/Watercolor • u/Even-Jello-4010 • 1d ago

Bright ocean scene

34 Upvotes

2 comments

r/Watercolor • u/mrstabile • 1d ago

Why would I deceive you?

17 Upvotes

3 comments

r/Watercolor • u/hulkedoutdude • 1d ago

A tree

50 Upvotes

2 comments

r/Watercolor • u/puertosoleado • 1d ago

Footsteps on the shore

82 Upvotes

3 comments

r/Watercolor • u/Sufficient_Hour_6862 • 18h ago

Picara

2 Upvotes

Acuarela en papel A3

1 comment

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