/r/Watercolor

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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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/r/Watercolor

979,142 Subscribers

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Happily Ever After

Watercolor commission for a friend. My first time trying gold leaf on paper.

1 Comment
2025/02/03
14:49 UTC

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Painted a picture of my favorite animal, the otter, yesterday.

1 Comment
2025/02/03
14:34 UTC

8

Title:Wassermann, watercolor on paper, 2022 (OC)

1 Comment
2025/02/03
13:29 UTC

0

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!

2 Comments
2025/02/03
13:08 UTC

1

Watercolour bookmark

1 Comment
2025/02/03
13:04 UTC

9

Girl with birds, 42/56

2 Comments
2025/02/03
12:36 UTC

47

Bruges Belgium skyline sunset- watercolor 11x15"

1 Comment
2025/02/03
12:17 UTC

1

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?

2 Comments
2025/02/03
11:15 UTC

5

Ruins

1 Comment
2025/02/03
11:05 UTC

181

I like doing these on paper still lifes. Here’s a timelapse of an old brush🙂

This was on 140 lb cp arches.

3 Comments
2025/02/03
10:00 UTC

8

Cosmo flowers

So I made this Cosmo flowers, it's not the best but getting better.

1 Comment
2025/02/03
09:51 UTC

365

Small sketch as an exercise for a larger painting

9 Comments
2025/02/03
09:14 UTC

15

Tried Hyper Realistic

1 Comment
2025/02/03
08:36 UTC

4

San Francisco Maritime Museum

Struggling with keeping my comors consistent. I end up having to remix the same color and not getting it right

1 Comment
2025/02/03
07:12 UTC

484

bought new set of watercolor, did some layering and gradient

9 Comments
2025/02/03
05:05 UTC

11

Birds in the water

1 Comment
2025/02/03
04:42 UTC

7

A latte love

1 Comment
2025/02/03
04:09 UTC

56

Old watercolor piece I did of a Mesoamerican/Mesopotamian inspired desert city. (7 x 10 inches)

4 Comments
2025/02/03
04:02 UTC

10

First librarian of the (JP) Morgan Library, NYC

Ecoline liquid watercolors, hp paper.

2 Comments
2025/02/03
03:40 UTC

154

“Princess of Altai”, Evgenia Skuratova, watercolor, 2024

9 Comments
2025/02/03
02:19 UTC

82

negroni

3 Comments
2025/02/03
02:07 UTC

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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.

25 Comments
2025/02/03
00:30 UTC

114

Shoes

5 Comments
2025/02/03
00:22 UTC

4

Gift for my dad

1 Comment
2025/02/03
00:16 UTC

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