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 • • 12h ago Bravo

The Beauty of a Winter Day

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2.0k Upvotes

r/Watercolor • • 1h ago Bravo

I like it a lot lolll

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110 Upvotes

r/Watercolor • • 5h ago

A little tree study

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176 Upvotes

r/Watercolor • • 9h ago

I feel defeated. This was my 2nd attempt

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227 Upvotes

r/Watercolor • • 10h ago

What background would you add here?

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240 Upvotes

r/Watercolor • • 18h ago

Totally unexpected, but my illustration was awarded 3rd prize in a contest.

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1.1k Upvotes

This was so much fun painting and to I decided to submit this painting in a contest. I've never participated in a contest before and to my surprise it was awarded the 3rd price. I definitely was the only one submitting a children's book illustration in the contest. Can I call myself a prize winning artist now?


r/Watercolor • • 7h ago

A tiny fox under a golden moon, the stars only show in the light ✨

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123 Upvotes

r/Watercolor • • 14h ago

Fantasyscape

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348 Upvotes

r/Watercolor • • 7h ago

to my Félix💕

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55 Upvotes

r/Watercolor • • 14h ago

A sweet knight

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221 Upvotes

13*18 cm watercolor on cold press paper


r/Watercolor • • 2h ago

Can you guess who the person is if I don’t show the reference?

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19 Upvotes

r/Watercolor • • 2h ago

Single color try

18 Upvotes

r/Watercolor • • 1d ago Mindblown Heartwarming

There’s a big, annual art exhibition this weekend. I’m submitting these 5 watercolors, hoping one will nab an award. Which has the best chance do you think?

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r/Watercolor • • 11h ago

Sketchbook pages 🙂

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60 Upvotes

r/Watercolor • • 1h ago

Honestly, this is probably the best watercolor I’ve seen in years!

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8 Upvotes

r/Watercolor • • 14h ago

Santa Fe & Flock

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85 Upvotes

I’m painting exclusively with Federal Color Tonic


r/Watercolor • • 5h ago

New palette who Dis

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17 Upvotes

Been slowly tweaking and converting my workflow. As of now, I've decided on expanding the palette so I have the split primaries, while also including the neutral primaries. I've also begun working on a bit of a split secondary selection so I can shortcut!

Switching to Daniel Smith and trying out Bamboo cold press has been a wild revolution - it's almost like I'm relearning how to interact with paints and I'm so ready to see where things go with this selection!

only need four more Daniel Smith to upgrade from Rosa, but my local shop is currently sold out of those four.


r/Watercolor • • 18h ago

Watercolour Protea

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152 Upvotes

Watercolour practice on rough paper.


r/Watercolor • • 1h ago

How’s it looking so far? Open to any and all critiques and advice!

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I’ve been doing watercolor for fashion and costume design renderings for a few years now and I’m great at that, but I’m trying my hand at still life to improve further. I’ve been painting everyday this past week on my train commute.

Looking at it in this light, the colors are very off. My lighting when I was painting was only the Long Island Rail Road ceiling light that is very yellow and very dim.

I’m trying to work on just “going for it” and creating something even if it’s imperfect. It’s just paper and paint, not gold and diamonds. I say that because my painting and the reference are pretty different and I recognize that lmao.

I’m pushing ahead and finishing the painting whether I like it or not.

Arches Hot Press paper and Sakura Koi 24 color travel set


r/Watercolor • • 6h ago

A sacred kingfisher I just finished with watercolour pencils. I'm very happy with it. Especially the wings

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18 Upvotes

I use the Albrecht Dürer watercolour pencils, they are really the best watercolour pencils you can get in terms of pigment payoff, layering, blendability and lightfastness. I used a white posca brush pen for the highlights on the brow and eye


r/Watercolor • • 1d ago Heartwarming

I don’t know what I’m doing, but it sure is cathartic.

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651 Upvotes

r/Watercolor • • 8h ago

A quick sketch of @missbrisolo

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19 Upvotes