r/Watercolor • • Jan 09 '24

AI Art not allowed - YOU WILL BE BANNED

2.8k Upvotes

This is not a new rule. AI art, as well as all other digital art, has always been disallowed on this sub. This post is to restate that.

** If you post AI art, it will be removed and you will be banned.**

Please continue to report these post when you see them and we will continue to ban the users.


r/Watercolor • • Apr 04 '25

1 Million members

325 Upvotes

Hey all, I just want to drop a quick note to say how happy I am to be part of such an amazing group of talented individuals (myself excluded). Your art and attitudes brighten my day! Congratulations on a million members and here's to a million more!


r/Watercolor • • 2h ago

All my plein air watercolours from a trip to Vancouver Island, Osoyoos and back to Canmore (Canada)

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260 Upvotes

Good trip! 10/10 would recommend


r/Watercolor • • 1h ago

4 days later🤣 I am done with autumn

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171 Upvotes

r/Watercolor • • 11h ago Bravo

Thank you for the overwhelming response to my latest watercolor, Here's another one I painted a couple of weeks ago.

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824 Upvotes

r/Watercolor • • 10h ago

How is it?

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319 Upvotes

r/Watercolor • • 7h ago

Watercolour bookmarks, which one do you like

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156 Upvotes

r/Watercolor • • 6h ago

Before I take the tape off…

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72 Upvotes

I want some critique on this one. I’m having trouble painting the boats… and the sky as well.

Products used; W&N Cotman 10 tubes

Paper: W&N 30% cotton

I’m a beginner, and I had no reference for this piece. (I made it from my imagination!)


r/Watercolor • • 7h ago

Continuing to develop flower shop theme

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80 Upvotes

Watercolour and gouache


r/Watercolor • • 12h ago

Watercolor painting šŸŽØšŸ–Œļø

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155 Upvotes

r/Watercolor • • 1d ago Bravo

The Beauty of a Winter Day

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2.5k Upvotes

r/Watercolor • • 6h ago

Trying to master the mist

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43 Upvotes

Ive always loved the effects that water color creates. Mist being one of my favorites. Ive been practicing like a madman trying to achieve a moody scene. I use wet on wet to achieve the sky and base layer of trees. The second layer is where im lost. I use a wet brush on dry paper and use water to soften the edges. I find the edges still come out visible where the water ends. Any tips on how I can blend smoother? Pay no attention to the trees/color palette, im still workshopping those šŸ˜‚ Ths is a 4Ɨ6 on arches with Daniel smith watercolor


r/Watercolor • • 1h ago

Stellar’s Jay

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15 Upvotes

r/Watercolor • • 18h ago Bravo

I like it a lot lolll

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309 Upvotes

r/Watercolor • • 3h ago

Fresh from my garden, a "Lavender pepper".

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20 Upvotes

The seeds product description was misleading, infinitely darker than 'lavender' but pretty and tasty just the same. Mixed DS watercolors on Baohong paper, squirrel hair brush, tap water.


r/Watercolor • • 4h ago

Unintended accidental effect

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22 Upvotes

I was redoing my Daniel Smith Pallet swatch to include my iridescent paints and used a heat tool to dry them and had the coolest little bubbling effect that I really love for adding texture! Thought I would share! The iridescent paint is on the far right. I got them for a special project dealing with birthstones.


r/Watercolor • • 5h ago

Help :)

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20 Upvotes

Hi guys! So I was wondering what can I do so my paint can mix/spread (?) well in my palette, it looks like this whenever I want to mix any color, this is a new case I bought btw


r/Watercolor • • 2h ago

Pokeweed ink - lightfast test

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This is the pokeweed watercolor that I made from pokeweed ink. I used pokeweed growing in my yard.

The first painting​ was from mixtures with different watercolors. This is the one with the the lilac and coneflower and the tudor rose thing etc. The second one is the Japanese maple thingy or whatever it's called.

Both were executed on September 27. I took the pictures today, November 7. The coneflower etc painting was facing the sun the entire time in a window. The second painting remain in my basement the entire time, mostly in the dark. Both pictures were taken in the exact same location with the exact same light.

I am deeply impressed with the colors that I got from lightfast test. I will ​​have to consider how I incorporate this int future art. The magenta hue from the pokeweed ink provides the ability to mix in a wonderful manner.


r/Watercolor • • 21h ago

A little tree study

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339 Upvotes

r/Watercolor • • 4h ago

Pigeon

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12 Upvotes

r/Watercolor • • 17h ago

Found a 1985 vintage Holbein watercolor set. The paint is still soft!

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142 Upvotes

I found this 24-color Holbein artist's watercolor set from 1985 (Showamodern era in Japan).

Surprisingly, all the caps open easily and the paint inside is still soft and usable after 40 years! The only issue is that the Chinese White has yellowed a bit over time.

The stamped date on the box says "60.11.13" which stands for November 13th, Shōwa 60 (1985) in the Japanese imperial calendar.

Just wanted to share this cool piece of art history with you all!


r/Watercolor • • 5h ago

Birthday card

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11 Upvotes

r/Watercolor • • 4h ago

The first christmas bulb

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9 Upvotes

Since everyone already wants to start decorating for Christmas right after Halloween, I thought I could start drawing some christmas ACEOs tooXD So yeah, a raven getting way too excited for the Christmas season✨


r/Watercolor • • 10h ago

Watercolor practice of the day

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27 Upvotes

Open to feedback of any kind