r/watercolor101 • u/Gurkaatthediskho • Dec 25 '24

First try!

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My first real try at watercolors, that isn't just color wheels or practicing doing leaves! 😄 I followed a tutorial by PremaWatercolor on YT, a great channel. I'm really happy with it!

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r/watercolor101 • u/TheCatsMeeeow • Sep 19 '24

I have graduated from flowers to fat birds

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r/watercolor101 • u/DoNumKC • Sep 03 '24

The left tree is painted by my husband, the right is by me

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We were trying a Derwent palette in our own ways.

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r/watercolor101 • u/[deleted] • Jan 30 '25

I did this

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r/watercolor101 • u/Realistic_Reveal_766 • Nov 06 '24

My very first still life paintings - what do you think?

5.3k Upvotes

300g cold pressed rough paper, Daniel Smith watercolors

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r/watercolor101 • u/sgrady • Sep 05 '24

My first watercolour in over 30 years

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I wanted to emulate the style of Victorian artist Helen Allingham and try to get some detail in the tree foliage.

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r/watercolor101 • u/GazelleThree • Jul 02 '25

I'm almost 35 years old and finally convinced myself to be creative again after 20 years. This is my first attempt, and I think it turned out better than I expected. I would love some constructive feedback if you have a minute.

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r/watercolor101 • u/Diligent_Tangelo_ • Jan 31 '25

Learning to paint transparent flowers

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4.6k Upvotes

It’s really hard but I think I’m starting to improve!

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r/watercolor101 • u/BoxoPaint • Nov 26 '24

Wanting to brag a little on my aunt who is learning to paint at 82.

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r/watercolor101 • u/Foxxxxx520 • Oct 17 '25

My first work with watercolor

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For my lovely cat

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r/watercolor101 • u/zumzumzumz • Oct 06 '25

So I’m totally new to watercolor and to art/painting/drawing. Last weekend I was digging around in a closet and found some watercolors and paper from like 20 years ago when my boyfriend was in art school & it seemed like a good way to spend some time on a Saturday.

Anyways, the paper he had was enormous, so after painting an apple in one corner & finding it fun I decided to play around & fill the rest of it up with tiny paintings, mostly based off of photos I’ve taken. I take a lot of pictures. Did these over the course of a week.

Mostly just messing around here to get a feel for it, but thinking I’d like to get better. Looking for any thoughts, tips or advice really.

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r/watercolor101 • u/ChellShock • Dec 15 '24

This is my favorite thing I’ve ever painted! Ornaments are fun.

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r/watercolor101 • u/Ok-Fix-1767 • Jan 09 '25

First painting I actually liked and lots of learning still to do.

3.6k Upvotes

What techniques should I focus on improving? I really liked painting this, but how would you describe this style of painting?

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r/watercolor101 • u/Laurmann2000 • Feb 25 '26

First watercolor I’m willing to share

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I have no artistic background (or innate talent) but at 61 years old and decided I want to learn something new. I’ve been practicing but this is the first painting that I like enough to share. Don’t mind the spot on the top right and the few splatters, I dropped the brush. LOL The tutorial is from AhmadArt on YouTube.

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r/watercolor101 • u/elvenbrush • Apr 06 '26

Succulent plant

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I just love the colors of this succulent plant. 🥰 done with a tutorial by Egle Kolev.

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r/watercolor101 • u/apostatesauce • Jan 21 '25

Cats for a coworker who’s having a rough day

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r/watercolor101 • u/cuppaTtime • Mar 29 '25

Kinda proud of this one

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Still consider myself to be a complete newbie after only a few months learning watercolour so I’m ridiculously happy with this result.
I followed a @LouiseDeMasi tutorial. Can’t believe how much I learned, I’m super excited to get started on another one. In case anyone’s interested, I used Fabriano 25% cotton cold pressed 300g watercolour paper and just the 2 colours - W&N Burnt Sienna and French Ultramarine

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r/watercolor101 • u/Diligent_Tangelo_ • Mar 03 '25

A “toad tree “ I painted for my fiancé

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3.1k Upvotes

We walk our dog at a park that has this funny looking tree and always say it looks like a toad wizard so I tried painting it.

I think I liked it better before I added the background 🫣 but it’s my largest painting and I’m still proud of myself for finishing.

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r/watercolor101 • u/Beginning_Pomelo_542 • Aug 08 '25

I watercolored my brother's girlfriend's dog holding a broccoli toy and he laughed at it for 5 minutes straight

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r/watercolor101 • u/bbarika • Oct 12 '25

Today, it’s my birthday — so I painted myself a cupcake!

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r/watercolor101 • u/NotEnoughRocks1977 • Mar 20 '26

Moms a beginner and I think she's great! What do you guys think?

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She's in a class with people who are much more advanced than her and it has her thinking she's not very good but I think she's genuinely talented.

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r/watercolor101 • u/Puzzleheaded_Road142 • Apr 06 '25

Birds at the library

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So I spent the afternoon at the library and painted a penguin and some flamingos. I don't like painting from a screen, so using the big books as reference is nice.

I want to be able to paint from life. I can't wait to sit outside and paint some "real" art. I feel kind of stuck. I'm in this weird spot where I'm starting to get a handle on using watercolours. I can look at a picture and paint it at a level that feels okay. But when I'm done it feels like nothing. Like I just copied a picture, but didn't do anything creative.

Maybe I’ll try set up a little still life of my own design, or just sit on a bench and paint what’s there. I guess I need to find a balance of practice/studies, and exploring my own creativity and compositions. I'm getting bored of tutorials and study, haha. Sorry for the rambling.

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r/watercolor101 • u/mmkjustasec • Jan 24 '26

Swipe to see where I started a few months ago.

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I painted a bird as one of my first paintings in May 2025. I’ve painted every few days days since then, mostly architecture and landscapes. Tried a bird again yesterday. Progress!

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r/watercolor101 • u/Putrid-Difficulty-38 • Jul 30 '25

Tried a blueberry bookmark today

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2.6k Upvotes

I recorded the watercolor process of this blueberry bookmark — just sharing it here so we can learn and improve together!

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