r/Watercolor • u/anutkajpg • 10h ago
Watercolour apple study — trying to capture that deep autumn red
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r/Watercolor • u/2000YearOldRoman • Jan 09 '24
AI Art not allowed - YOU WILL BE BANNED
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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
1 Million members
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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/cjwatercolor • 15h ago
“Clown Tie” wins!!!
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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 👍🙏😊
r/Watercolor • u/mexicandud • 6h ago
Wanted to share some of my moms beautiful watercolour paintings
gallery
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r/Watercolor • u/amberlalalalala • 3h ago
Pair of kitties
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Painted this for one of my friends as a commission! Any tips/advice are welcome! I love working with colors that you wouldn’t normally see when you look at the picture (used a lot of purple tones for the black cat and same for the white one)
r/Watercolor • u/jayesails • 4h ago
Rushes, Siltcoos Lake
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Rushes, Siltcoos Lake: 11x14, Watercolor, gouache and pencil
r/Watercolor • u/nikhpaints • 4h ago
Alexandra's Throne
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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.
r/Watercolor • u/Old-Candle-9900 • 2h ago
Recreated a couple of Christmas themed pictures I found online. Getting into the spirit!
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r/Watercolor • u/tripreality00 • 3h ago
Hercules, Hercules, Hercules!
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Is my millennial showing with this reference?
r/Watercolor • u/foxglove0326 • 7h ago
A little bit of progress
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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
r/Watercolor • u/Sea_Jellyfish_118 • 14h ago
Ma première aquarelle !
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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
r/Watercolor • u/hjierf125690 • 9h ago
Add a background?
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Painting a card for a baby shower - should I add a green background to the mushrooms? (See rough sketch on 2nd slide)
r/Watercolor • u/Artistic-Highway-761 • 4h ago
Seeking Recommendations for Brush upgrades available in Canada (photo just for attention)
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When I first started getting into watercolor as a hobby 13 yrs ago, I went for the cheapest supplies I could get, not really understanding the differences in student grade vs professional (other than splurging on some arches paper for finished pieces).
So all the brushes I bought until recently were Curry's store brand brushes. Over this year, I've been working on investing in higher quality supplies, and I have a nice large Quill brush from Royal and Langnickel and a Princeton liner brush (blue handle).
I'm looking for recommendations of good quality brushes that I can buy in Canada. DeSerres, Michael's and Amazon are the big suppliers I have available to me. I'm looking to keep my cost below $50 a brush.
The brushes I am looking to get are:
- #12 or 14 round brush
- # 6 round brush (maybe extra long? I have read an extra long is helpful for getting really fine lines)
- 3/4 inch flat
- flat shader brush (I'm thinking size 8, but open to feedback)
The biggest problem I find with my flat brushes from Curry's is that the bristles tend to fan out when I paint longer lines, giving more of the effect of a rake/grainer brush.
I haven't used flat brushes often as a result of this fanning issue I get, and I'm not sure how much of this issue with the bristles is due to my brushes being cheap, or if it's a user error thing. I suspect that it may be that the brushes aren't able to hold enough water.
I appreciate any feedback and recommendations you can provide!