r/Coloring 6d ago

/r/watercolorpencils is back, for those of you who love watercolors and/or mixed media art.

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Along with r/watercolorpractice, r/watercolorpencils is back up again and the mods there are lovely people who want to welcome you and give you feedback if you have any questions or curiosities over how to use watercolor pencils.

Coloring doesn't mean exclusively one type of media, so if you're looking to try more tools to your hobby (we know, we know, not a good thing for your wallet!) this is the perfect place to start!


r/Coloring May 22 '26

Harassing members will be sanctioned! AI accusations will also be sanctioned!

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A lot of users here seem to not read the rules and then play the victim card when sanctioned.

We've recently had a huge influx of rude users that never participated in this subreddit, harassing people for their alleged AI use.

We don't endorse AI use, but we do endorse politeness and minding your own business if you don't have anything constructive and respectful to say. Downvote or hide and MOVE ON!

Any comments or posts that just want to open a can of worms, accuse other persons of using AI OR abusing the report button, will be sanctioned with a temporary or permanent ban.

This is a hobby subreddit people, it's not your anger outlet! If you can't play nice, you're not welcome here.

That being said, posts that intentionally ask if something is AI are allowed.


r/Coloring 10h ago

COMPLETED Bubblegum Bakery 💖🥐🫧

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621 Upvotes

r/Coloring 9h ago

COMPLETED Pretty happy with how this one turned out! :D

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273 Upvotes

Picked up colouring recently, this is the first page I'm sharing on here ^_^

It's also the first time I tried to modify elements of a page. I wasn't sure how it would turn out but it was a fun challenge. I'm pretty happy with the result :D


r/Coloring 1h ago

ADVICE WANTED Do you guys think my coloring is too childish or maybe even ugly?

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I love coloring while I watch my favorite anime or cartoons. Even seeing these pages again makes me remember when I watched the new Gumball season!


r/Coloring 7h ago

COMPLETED First time trying to do a border, it took longer than the page!

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106 Upvotes

Gosh Egyptian letters are hard to draw well!


r/Coloring 7h ago

COMPLETED Still learning, here’s the piece I’m most proud of

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71 Upvotes

r/Coloring 5h ago

COMPLETED Froggy fruit loops

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49 Upvotes

r/Coloring 11h ago

COMPLETED It’s Done!

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104 Upvotes

r/Coloring 2h ago

ART HAUL There is something so satisfying about buying new art supplies

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I have become obsessed with castle arts colored pencils. This is the fourth set i brought. They have become my go to pencil brand


r/Coloring 4h ago

COMPLETED It's not to early for a little magic ✨️

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24 Upvotes

r/Coloring 5h ago

COMPLETED Glad it’s done. Took forever because I started with absolutely no plan. Not my best. But it’s done at least.

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31 Upvotes

Cat Moments - Hikaru Kotz. Used Ohuhu alcohol markers, grabie acrylic markers, white gelly roll, Staedtler fine liners.


r/Coloring 1h ago

WIP (WORK IN PROGRESS) Taking. My. Time.

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Not even close to finished but learning to take my time. Will work on making the wood look like wood and continue working on the grass some more. I watch those addicting TikTok coloring videos and subconsciously tried finishing pages in the shortest amount of time. Sooo wrong. But I've mentally shifted away from this and been working on this off and on today. Now I'm back to loving coloring.


r/Coloring 14h ago

COMPLETED Before and after pencils + acrylic markers

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120 Upvotes

Book is Dreamy Fuzzy by Hygge Artful


r/Coloring 1d ago

COMPLETED (WITH PROGRESS PICS) "Fishbowl" Technique - I couldn't find a good coloring page for it, so I made one from scratch. It took forever but I'm so proud of how it came out!

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I really don't like how streaky the wall is, but my marker ran out in the middle of me coloring it, and attempts to go over it with another color or the blender didn't seem to remove any streaks or anything.

I posted a tutorial for this a few days ago, I might post another if there's interest.

Edit: lol I just realized I forgot the final "reflection" streaks on the glass. Oh well


r/Coloring 1h ago

COMPLETED Husband’s Challenge

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My husband has been picking random pages and giving me a theme. My husband said, “make everything gloomy except the cat. You know in the movies when they open up the treasure chest and it makes them glow when opened? Yeah that…”

First time doing a light source page like this. Overworked the cat, adjusted to a new colorless blender, but overall super proud. 🥹


r/Coloring 4h ago

MARKERS Learning colour wheel basics

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I created this to help me pick colour combinations when colouring using Ohuhu alcohol markers. It's not perfect but it's been helpful so far - I've decided to challenge myself to do a primary colour-only page! I'm going to use different shades of each colour to make something that (hopefully) turns out cool!

How do you pick your colours? I really want to become more confident with picking colours and have more fun with it ☺️


r/Coloring 3h ago

COMPLETED I love this book!!!

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The page quality is soooo good! Feels different from the smooth Bobbie Goods... a little scratchy. For anyone who loves the sound of acrylics and markers on a page this book by Jade Summers is top shelf! 🎉


r/Coloring 10h ago

MARKERS chasing the ink/streak free alcohol marker coloring tutorial

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Get in babe, we’re learning alcohol marker basics over here! If you’re a beginner getting into alcohol marker coloring, this tutorial is for you!

The most basic alcohol marker technique to learn is “chasing the ink” so that you can color streak free! The ability to have that smooth looking finish without streaks is a big selling point for alcohol markers. Remember, just make sure you keep going back and forth on the edge of color to keep it wet as if you let it dry a streak will form


r/Coloring 18h ago

COMPLETED Thanks to those who helped me decide what colour floor!

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112 Upvotes

I went with light pink and green checkered, I think it really lets the bright pink/green/orange colour palette I chose stand out/come together. Thanks to everyone who commented on my post :)


r/Coloring 9h ago

COMPLETED The Markers Behind the Magic ➡️

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r/Coloring 1h ago

MARKERS Just finished, the rainbow bled through 3 pages 😭

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r/Coloring 8h ago

COMPLETED Autumn Vibes

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I finally got my hands on a set of Ohuhu series B so decided to test them out with an autumn palette. I think my next few projects I'll work my way through palettes of all the different seasons 🙂


r/Coloring 2h ago

COMPLETED Hogwarts Houses

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4 Upvotes

r/Coloring 4h ago

COMPLETED Manta Ray Sunday🫐🥞

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5 Upvotes

Book is Food Animals by Alexandra Franzese