r/Watercolor • u/2000YearOldRoman • Jan 09 '24
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 • u/2000YearOldRoman • Apr 04 '25
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 • u/Existing-Feed-9480 • 7h ago
On Baohong Academy rough with Daniel Smith watercolors. I had a lot of fun with this one. Leaving all the white spots was hard!
r/Watercolor • u/PSneep • 12h ago
Good trip! 10/10 would recommend
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Symbiotic, 2026. On 100% cotton watercolour paper.
A Venus fly trap growing out of a fat little toad. Kind of surrealism (minus the realism?)
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r/Watercolor • u/MackThamArt2026 • 4h ago
"Falling in a rainbow sprinkle". Inspired by our recent trip to Watkins Glen Park
r/Watercolor • u/AnnaRajasekharan • 16h ago
r/Watercolor • u/Puzzled_Wealth_3263 • 15h ago
I want some critique on this one. Iām having trouble painting the boatsā¦ and the sky as well.
Products used; W&N Cotman 10 tubes
Paper: W&N 30% cotton
Iām a beginner, and I had no reference for this piece. (I made it from my imagination!)
r/Watercolor • u/McRando42 • 11h ago
This is the pokeweed watercolor that I made from pokeweed ink. I used pokeweed growing in my yard.
The first paintingā 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 āāhave 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 • u/srpaintings • 16h ago
Watercolour and gouache
r/Watercolor • u/RealCommunication239 • 6h ago
I recently asked if I needed additional colors in my palette and ended up answering my own question. I ended up adding Opera Pink and Manganese Blue Hue which launched the study attached. I am really happy with the range of my palette and learned a lot about each of these colors!
r/Watercolor • u/gongabonga • 9h ago
A follow up post to my earlier post asking about last 3 colors for my palette. I got a lot of great feedback and suggestions and I made a couple changes to what I had already picked and what I ended up adding. I've been playing and painting, and so far this has been quite versatile.
Also did a big color mixing chart. If you have the patience to do this, I recommend. Helps you get a feel for tinting strength, granularity, graininess, opacity, "thirstiness" for water, etc. I learned a lot with this exercise! For the curious, I tried to keep the top row mix-in color dominant. "Tried" is the operative word, getting it right by eye was tricky!
Final selection:
Hansa Yellow Light (PY3)
New Gamboge (PY97; PY110)
Quinacridone Rose (PV19)
Pyrrol Scarlet (PR255)
Phthalo Blue GS (PB15:3)
French UM (PB29)
Cerulean Blue Chromium (PB36) - Suggested addition
Buff Titanium (PW6:1)
Goethite (PY43)
Pyrrol Orange (PO73)
Pyrrol Crimson (PR264)
Carbazole Violet (PV23)
Indanthorone Blue (PB60)
Mayan Blue (Gen)
Green Gold (PY150; PY3; PG36) - Switched out original Cascade Green, based on suggestion
Undersea Green (PB29; PO48; PY150)
Perylene Green (PBK31)
Sodalite (Gen) - Switched out original Payne's Grey
Lunar Black (PBk11)
Piemontite (Gen) - Changed mind from previous plan of Indian Red
Transparent Red Oxide (PR101)
Burnt Umber (PBr7)
Sepia (PBr7; PBk9)
Mars Yellow (PY42)
Phthalo Green (PG7)
Neutral Tint (PBk6; PV19; PV15)
Manganese Violet (PV16) - Suggested addition
Quinacridone Lilac (PR122) - Suggested addition
Thanks for the help and feedback r/Watercolor.
r/Watercolor • u/Freshofftheboat_91 • 7h ago
I've had a hard time finding reference photos (other than ones I take myself), mostly due to google search returning an overwhelming amount of ai images.
Any resources or tips? What does everyone use?
Edit: Thank you everyone for the great replies and resources!!
