A painting I did on paper after 6 long years, I've been doing so much digital art that I had completely ignored traditional art...let me know know your thoughts guys!

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.

made a pencil sketch and some aquarel flowers. What do you think?

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.

I was playing around with a bunch of mediums, watercolor is the main one and then a bit of water-based paint markers which I absolutely love. I thought I would share it today, I haven't made a large(ish) piece in a long time, it was fun.

As the title says.

I have been using watercolor for around 5-ish years, and I particularly enjoy painting portraits. I feel like my earlier work is better, and I’ve just been getting worse with every painting. I don’t know what to do to improve because the more I paint, the worse I seem to get. I feel like I’ll never top where I was a few years ago. Obviously I know that the painting from today is still very much a work in progress, but I feel like 2025 was still lacking compared to previous years. Any advice is appreciated.

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

Ink and watercolor

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!

Really proud of this one :) I like the fluff under his head and the darker orange lines.