/r/Watercolor
A place for everything to do with watercolor painting.
Submit your current paintings, give and receive critiques. Post resources such as tutorials, ask questions, learn about and the art of watercolor!
Submit your watercolor painting of a letter for our sub header HERE!
A place for everything watercolor!
Submit your current paintings, give and receive critiques. Post resources such as tutorials, ask questions, learn about and the art of watercolor!
If you're new to watercolor painting, here is a post that may answer some of your questions
Posting Guidelines:
1) Posts must be related to watercolor (or gouache) in some way. This means original paintings, questions about works in progress, questions about paper or brushes, other artists etc. Anything related. Mixed media is welcome, as long as watercolor (or gouache) is also used. Not digital only! No AI Generated images!
2) You must differentiate what is not original content. Most submissions are OC, so if it is NOT original content, please put “Artist: (the artists name)” in the title. It is not okay to ambiguously present other people’s work as your own. We would love to be inspired by other watercolorists on the web, as long as we know it’s not you. It is also extra nice to provide a link in the comments to their website.
3) Do not use this sub for self-promotion or selling pieces. /r/artstore or /r/ArtisanGifts is perfect for that. If someone asks if a piece is for sale in the comments, that’s fantastic. Just don’t post for the sake of advertising that it’s for sale.
4) Please do not submit spammy webpages. Spammy webpages in this context are webpages that exist for the sole purpose of selling the artwork and have a big "buy this" button. For example Etsy accounts. Good alternatives would be websites like Imgur, deviant art, blogs, or personal websites. They may add content and can lead to better discussion. If your personal website or the source for your submission is too spammy please consider finding a different source or submitting it through Imgur, a text post, etc.
5) If you want to critique an artist's work Do so in a constructive, specific, and kind way. Artists of all skill-levels are welcome. Leave your sarcasm and holier-than-thou attitude at the door. Basically, don't be a jerk.
6) Do not make requests to artists to paint things for you If you want something commissioned, private message an artist to see if they do commissions and what their rates are. This sub is not for requesting and receiving free art, but for sharing art.
7) Mark art including any nudity as NSFW! While nude art is allowed, it is also important to mark it as NSFW so that those that are here to appreciate it can not only choose whether or not they want to see it, but also filter them out at work or in any other sensitive situation.
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Happily Ever After
Watercolor commission for a friend. My first time trying gold leaf on paper.
14:49 UTC
Painted a picture of my favorite animal, the otter, yesterday.
14:34 UTC
Title:Wassermann, watercolor on paper, 2022 (OC)
13:29 UTC
Seal watercolor postcard?
I’m completely new to watercolors and postcards but I just made my first one. Any tips for sealing it so it makes it safely to Singapore? I tried Mod Podge on a sample page and it smudged the paints. Any help appreciated!
13:08 UTC
Watercolour bookmark
13:04 UTC
Girl with birds, 42/56
12:36 UTC
Bruges Belgium skyline sunset- watercolor 11x15"
12:17 UTC
How can I add more depth and improve this fantasy scene
I feel like it looks very childish and I’m not sure what to add that won’t overwhelm things?
I probably can’t improve this one, but for future what should I think more about?
11:15 UTC
Ruins
11:05 UTC
I like doing these on paper still lifes. Here’s a timelapse of an old brush🙂
This was on 140 lb cp arches.
10:00 UTC
Cosmo flowers
So I made this Cosmo flowers, it's not the best but getting better.
09:51 UTC
Small sketch as an exercise for a larger painting
09:14 UTC
Tried Hyper Realistic
08:36 UTC
San Francisco Maritime Museum
Struggling with keeping my comors consistent. I end up having to remix the same color and not getting it right
07:12 UTC
bought new set of watercolor, did some layering and gradient
05:05 UTC
Birds in the water
04:42 UTC
A latte love
04:09 UTC
Old watercolor piece I did of a Mesoamerican/Mesopotamian inspired desert city. (7 x 10 inches)
04:02 UTC
First librarian of the (JP) Morgan Library, NYC
Ecoline liquid watercolors, hp paper.
03:40 UTC
“Princess of Altai”, Evgenia Skuratova, watercolor, 2024
02:19 UTC
negroni
02:07 UTC
Should the watercolor tubes be “watery” & have granules in them?
I’m brand new to watercolor painting. I picked up a set of tubes. When I squeeze a bit onto my palette they’re watery, like the paint is separated from the water (see pic). I’m guessing maybe this is normal?
But also, 4 out of the 5 colors I’ve done swatches on so far have a lot of times granules in the paint. So I have to be careful not to accidentally grab any of them with my brush.
I can’t imagine it’s normal for the watercolor paint tubes to have so many of these tiny granules. This with also the paint dispensing as being separated, makes me think I got a bad batch of paint.
What’s your experience with this? Are my paints bad? I got them at Hobby Lobby, I would think they wouldn’t be an old batch or bad batch, but who knows.
00:30 UTC
Shoes
00:22 UTC
Gift for my dad
00:16 UTC