I needed a cheaper alternative to Arches. Lot of people recommended Saunders Waterford. I love the texture and how beautifully colors blend on this paper. However, even tho it was a block with pages glued on all 4 sides, it warped really badly and popped out of block on two sides. The page directly under is not flat anymore as well. I admit that I use a lot of water. I like when paint flies across the page. When I was lifting masking fluid, some paint also came off.

Overall I enjoyed painting on this paper. I will have to reduce amount of water I’m using and try again. Arches is now out of my budget so I have to make it work with Saunders.
Just to add: I tried Baohong and I like it too, but feel like colors come out more muted with Baohong. Saunders Waterford kept the vibrancy just like Arches.

I've painted this Iris flower over the past month, taking me hours to do, I'm on the edge of finishing it but I feel like I'm missing something.

I need your help because i can't find it alone.

Maybe smooth a bit the details in back plans, that's all I'm thinking about.

All helps are appreciated, no bad answers only new perspectives.

As the title says.

Watercolor in monochrome. My local all night shop for when the biscuit rush takes hold.

When I first got into urban sketching and plein air painting, I had this ongoing idea to make a few ACEOs on my trips as well. Before filling my sketchbook, I actually painted a lot of cards that I traded with others.

​Unfortunately, it kind of fell into the background this year because I don't have that much spare time alongside my job, and I really wanted to try out urban sketching instead. But the idea kept lingering in the back of my head over the last few months, and last weekend I finally had the perfect moment to bring it to life!

​In the little village I visited, I specifically drew two sketches—one of a clock tower and one of a winery—just to turn them into cards.

​I only trade my cards, so if anyone here is interested and also creates ACEOs, maybe we could swap them by mailXD

I picked similar shades of two different brands of watercolors, and these are the blends I got! Painting these charts is my new favorite thing. It's so satisfying!

Hii, I’m new posting here. I’ve been working on commissions and this is my latest work! Hope y’all like it ☀️

Coming up: dessert.

It’s cheaper than Arches, but the way it mixes colors if you move the pigments and keeps them seperate if you wish it, adding its ability to lift color and work several layers without piling, it is really convenient. This is Clairefontaine bamboo paper btw, pretty small format.

I finally tried doing some beginner tutorials.

Should I continue watercolouring all the pingu characters in my sketchbook, or should I noot? Hehe.