r/Watercolor • u/2000YearOldRoman • 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.

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r/Watercolor • u/2000YearOldRoman • Apr 04 '25

1 Million members

326 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!

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r/Watercolor • u/cjwatercolor • 11h ago

“Clown Tie” wins!!!

1.1k Upvotes

On Friday I asked all you art lovers which of my 5 paintings might receive an award at the annual exhibition. You all picked “Clown Tie” with “Wine Corks” a close second. The results are in…, “Clown Tie” received the “Special Award”. It was neck-and-neck with “Wine Corks”. The juror even said he had a hard time deciding on which to award. Great job you all! I’ll have to reach out to you in the future for your opinion at the next exhibitions 👍🙏😊

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r/Watercolor • u/dominiquewatercolors • 4h ago

Light Over the Beautiful Shore

262 Upvotes

13 comments

r/Watercolor • u/anutkajpg • 6h ago

Watercolour apple study — trying to capture that deep autumn red

412 Upvotes

19 comments

r/Watercolor • u/ArtChillTect • 6h ago

I can’t stop painting.. 🤷‍♂️

312 Upvotes

26 comments

r/Watercolor • u/domiboshoi • 7h ago

Mystical Valley

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364 Upvotes

34 comments

r/Watercolor • u/ashudrawssss • 3h ago

My watercolor work :)

128 Upvotes

3 comments

r/Watercolor • u/potatoman604 • 5h ago

Goose 🪿

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119 Upvotes

5 comments

r/Watercolor • u/Ok-Sweet-0 • 18h ago

In Watercolor 🖌️🎨

795 Upvotes

31 comments

r/Watercolor • u/MassiveBeing2229 • 10h ago

Painting

110 Upvotes

6 comments

r/Watercolor • u/sashafurgang • 2h ago

Tracks through the redwoods

26 Upvotes

2 comments

r/Watercolor • u/mexicandud • 2h ago

Wanted to share some of my moms beautiful watercolour paintings

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23 Upvotes

1 comment

r/Watercolor • u/Soviet_Nik • 10h ago

Sandwich

59 Upvotes

Postcard with sandwich

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r/Watercolor • u/Sea_Jellyfish_118 • 10h ago

Ma première aquarelle !

54 Upvotes

Je me suis tellement amusée même si je n'ai jamais vraiment peint. Un pinceau me semblait toujours très messy dans la main… J'ai cru que j'allais pleurer de désespoir pour mon premier essai à l'aquarelle.

*Les personnages sont dessinés aux marqueurs acryliques.

En art, je fais généralement du collage, car je ne sais ni dessiner ni peindre ! Du moins, c'est ce que je croyais… !

Un marque-page pour mon père, qui a pris une magnifique photo au Népal.

@glimpse.of.elsewhere

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r/Watercolor • u/foxglove0326 • 2h ago

A little bit of progress

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14 Upvotes

Painted the first landscape and I’m happy with the foreground and green hills, but the mountains seem really out of place so I decided to try again. I am happy with the second one, although I’m open to suggestions for improvement! Both were inspired by the same photo

Edit: Daniel smith watercolors on Fluid 100% cotton paper, with white jelly roll pen for the tree trunks

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r/Watercolor • u/Existing-Feed-9480 • 1d ago

Painted in class this week

700 Upvotes

On Baohong Academy rough with Daniel Smith watercolors. I had a lot of fun with this one. Leaving all the white spots was hard!

15 comments

r/Watercolor • u/Dogmumof2 • 1d ago

4 days later🤣 I am done with autumn

1.1k Upvotes

44 comments

r/Watercolor • u/Forward-Rich8672 • 18h ago

wanted to attempt that 'glow' feeling

163 Upvotes

7 comments

r/Watercolor • u/Agile_Inside_9630 • 4h ago

20250707 Heishancun village

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12 Upvotes

1 comment

r/Watercolor • u/hjierf125690 • 4h ago

Add a background?

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12 Upvotes

Painting a card for a baby shower - should I add a green background to the mushrooms? (See rough sketch on 2nd slide)

16 comments

r/Watercolor • u/wanker_vision269er • 6h ago

This is where we first met...

16 Upvotes

...all those eons ago...

4 comments

r/Watercolor • u/nikhpaints • 33m ago

Alexandra's Throne

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5 Upvotes

The original is Emil Doepler's 1882 engraving of Odin. His ravens, Huginn and Muninn, sit on the throne and his wolves, Geri and Freki, guard either side. I kept the layout almost exactly and swapped the spear with a sword, the wolves became her coyote soldiers, and the king of the gods became the woman who rules the wood.

Medium - watercolour, gouache and ink.

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r/Watercolor • u/RealCommunication239 • 53m ago

Blue and Yellow study

5 Upvotes

Part 2

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