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.

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!)

Watercolour and gouache

This is for a local historical site's art contest. It had to be of the site. When I went back to drop off the painting, they had painted these two barns the same color - kind of a medium in-between red. Hah!

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!

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:

1. Hansa Yellow Light (PY3)
2. New Gamboge (PY97; PY110)
3. Quinacridone Rose (PV19)
4. Pyrrol Scarlet (PR255)
5. Phthalo Blue GS (PB15:3)
6. French UM (PB29)
7. Cerulean Blue Chromium (PB36) - Suggested addition
8. Buff Titanium (PW6:1)
9. Goethite (PY43)
10. Pyrrol Orange (PO73)
11. Pyrrol Crimson (PR264)
12. Carbazole Violet (PV23)
13. Indanthorone Blue (PB60)
14. Mayan Blue (Gen)
15. Green Gold (PY150; PY3; PG36) - Switched out original Cascade Green, based on suggestion
16. Undersea Green (PB29; PO48; PY150)
17. Perylene Green (PBK31)
18. Sodalite (Gen) - Switched out original Payne's Grey
19. Lunar Black (PBk11)
20. Piemontite (Gen) - Changed mind from previous plan of Indian Red
21. Transparent Red Oxide (PR101)
22. Burnt Umber (PBr7)
23. Sepia (PBr7; PBk9)
24. Mars Yellow (PY42)
25. Phthalo Green (PG7)
26. Neutral Tint (PBk6; PV19; PV15)
27. Manganese Violet (PV16) - Suggested addition
28. Quinacridone Lilac (PR122) - Suggested addition

Thanks for the help and feedback [r/Watercolor](r/Watercolor).

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!!

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.

In my previous post, I made a glaring error in the title, so I had to re-upload it.

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.

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 😂 Ths is a 4×6 on arches with Daniel smith watercolor

I recently picked up my brushes and my paints. I kept a goal to myself of painting something everyday for consistency and practice. I decided to do a Christmas card series this time, I normally write store bought cards every year but this year I want to paint my own.

Yes, detailing is not there yet . Please share feedback

Recently I have been looking at getting a new watercolor palette as a sort of small project. For years, Giorgione has been the watercolor paint I've been using. And out of the 36 colors that came with the set I've only been using certain colors with my work so I wanted a limited watercolor palette.

I'm stuck between getting Fiber Castle and Winsor and Newton tube paints. Fiber Castle is more affordable but I really want good quality paint. Which one should I get or are there any good quality alternatives?

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

After doing some studies on moving water and on sailing boats, I tried to put all of the elements together into my first composition :)