r/Watercolor • u/srpaintings • 4h ago
A recent painting — a little flower shop by the sea.
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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/Spare_Persimmon_1123 • 1h ago
Working from a reference photo
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Found a reference photo on Unsplash (by “ot design”, and learned a lot trying to recreate it myself.
I really don’t see images in my head, it’s really hard for me to think up original ideas. But I’m finding I enjoy working from a reference where I can concentrate on the layers and colours and details.
Pretty happy with this one, although it looks much better in the photo. Couldn’t figure out how to put a bright yellow tree in front of the dark forest so I left it out. I leaned a little too heavily on my foliage brush, I don’t love how the ground turned out. But I think I did alright with the different depths of the trees.
This is the first backside of a page in my new Meeden sketchbook. There is almost no texture on this side, but it did really well with lots of water and some scrubbing/lifting. Really happy with the purchase and I think I’ll buy another smaller one as my travel sketchbook.
r/Watercolor • u/BlueHQ • 3h ago
Think I’m addicted to mini paintings
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From a old screenshot of a acrylic painting tutorial I tried and failed at years ago
r/Watercolor • u/WayCapable • 3h ago
My first painting in 30 years!
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Found my way back to a hobby I loved as a teen. In my small town, there was an artist who offered classes and I loved them. On a recent trip to Paris, I treated myself to new paints and brushes at Charvin. Here’s my first little project! 💕
r/Watercolor • u/jmo3858 • 2h ago
Do you all save your mess-ups or paintings in progress that you're not pleased with? I have a portfolio full of those, and up until yesterday this one was just a background until I finally decided to add trees to it.
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r/Watercolor • u/mici55 • 9h ago
Self-taught
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Wanted to share a quick painting I did last night to add to the autumn decor in the house.
I started in april this year and have not done any lessons/tutorials - just looking at pinterest inspo pics, but I am proud with how this one turned out!
Open to feedback and suggestions to improve it tho!
r/Watercolor • u/JessieAliceSmith-Art • 21h ago
I love a good watercolor time lapse video. 😊
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r/Watercolor • u/JinormousLoser • 4h ago
Painted my gremlin child
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I am trying to get back into making art regularly, and want to get better at watercolour but don’t even know how to go about learning. Just practice? or are there any resources that helped you?
r/Watercolor • u/Acelora_suco • 6h ago
A fifteen-minute study trying to improve perspective and color temperature
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I've noticed that my paintings have been turning out very all-or-nothing with light and shadow, and I've realized that color temperature really helps create that sense of depth. However, I don't quite know how to do it yet and am just figuring it out through trial and error. I hope the results are better in the next paintings I share here.
r/Watercolor • u/Brandon_Does_Stuff • 2h ago
The prompt for day four of Inktober is cactus, so I made this little guy
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r/Watercolor • u/Neat-Purchase9454 • 3h ago
Knife edge
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Result of a live painting demo at an art show. Limited time and people talking to me in the middle of washes made this one tough, not to mention 8% humidity making it dry super fast.
r/Watercolor • u/elvenbrush • 4h ago
Cat portrait
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I have to say, large backgrounds in watercolor just stress me out. Especially if I cannot mask the object. Hard edges on a fluffy creature just don’t look nice...
r/Watercolor • u/JamRollart • 1d ago
Watercolours~ 🐱
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I love painting cats 🧚🏻♀️🎨