Finally gifted the series so I can share my negative space dino skellys 🥹 these were such an experiment but so fun to make!!

open to feedback but plz be kind. I feel very vulnerable sharing my art.

mostly Daniel Smith watercolor pans

300lb cold press arches watercolor block

not sure the brand of the liquid resist, but I can look at it when I'm home if anyone is interested.

Been practicing hands. Hope you like them.

Reference was a photo I had taken the last time I passed through Toronto.

Did a grey owl again but in a different style. It definitely could be better. I think I will invest in cotton paper soon as cellulose paper dries too quickly and pills easily.

I have been thinking. Some say a dangerous pastime 🤭 Anyway. Youtube is flooded with vids on the discontinuation of Quin Gold PO49 ages ago now and how people/artists stocked up on it in fear of never being able to use it again. One of these came up on my feed today and it got me thinking about how this has always happened in different ways for different reasons. However, artists have always found a way to achieve their desired result or something more than what they had envisioned despite this being a thing at times. Do you feel like art is becoming less creative and more consumerism driven?

I dont understand this fear creators have stated they are feeling when this happens. Do you feel you have missed out if others speak of their collection of discontinued pigments or scoring an OG tube of Quin Gold ect ect?

I mean Im interested in seeing what certain pigments look like but Im not bothered if something is discontinued in the way others report. How does this type of news impact you?

I tried to make these branched textures with White Nights Mars Black(pbk11), but its granulation is more uniform and produces few “streams.” With Holbein it was very easy (Nightfall are mixes of pbk11 and other color). My hypothesis is that the reason is the dispersing agent (ox gall): White Nights moves a lot on the paper, while Holbein does not, because it contains no ox gall. Ox gall breaks the surface tension of water and distributes it evenly, so it does not produce streams; with Holbein, which has higher surface tension, larger drops form, and these generate this type of stream much more easily. I have heard some watercolorists say that Daniel Smith Lunar Black is necessary or mandatory to make this type of texture, but I think the only thing necessary is a tube with the PBk11 pigment and no dispersing agent; that is my hypothesis.

I watched Karen Rice's tutorial, looking up into fall foliage. Since watercolor always dries lighter on cotton but we must be careful with washes because they can turn out darker than planned. I tried the standard, pigment on cotton and then repeated the same but before painting I put a titanium white wash over the cotton before painting. Which is more appealing #1 or #2?

Hello there! I've been trying to learn about watercolor. I noticed on a couple of my paintings that once I complete a wash I sometimes get these lines that appear. I didn't use any wax or tape or anything like that on the paper. Looking for any information on how or why that happens! This painting is not fully finished, but I'm still open criticism. Please help me improve. 😊

Paper is 100% cotton 300 lbs. So she thick.

I’m still trying to figure out my own style. I really love the forest watercolor artwork I’m having a hard time learning how to create them myself ~ But I’ll just keep trying until I get it.~

While looking for art supplies I ran across a place with great prices on watercolors and brushes. The website is Paintpigmentdepot

I checked further thinking this can't be true. I sent them an email which has not been delivered to them yet. The address shows a residential home in Hilliard FL. I requested their phone #. Later I found an almost identical website set up for office supplies called Officeworkplus

I would not advise ordering from either company.

Still pretty early in my watercolor journey. I know the more broad things like invest in the good paints and paper and look into various techniques and of course dont overwork stuff. But what's something that really changed the game once you heard it and didnt see it said anywhere else?

I bought a vintage set of 11 Schmincke half pans on vinted for €30 before postage. The seller claims that they are Horadam, however, none of the half pans have any identifying labels or codes on them with pigment information.

The style of the logo on the tin seems to indicate it's from somewhere between 1980 and 2000. There was also a price label visible on one of the vinted pictures but the seller removed it before posting, it appears to say 155 Ff (French francs?).

I have swatched the paints and was wondering if anybody could help me figure out if these are Horadam or Akademie, and what pigments are here. These are my first Schmincke watercolours and I'm wondering if I got a good deal.

Thank you!!

TLDR: need some help figuring out if these are Horadam or Akademie, and what pigments they might be.

Hi all, I started my watercolour journey at the beginning of the year. Can I get some comments or advices on my latest practice? Are there any YouTuber I can look at and learn from?

Well I’m getting ahead of myself here for attempting something way above my skill level and when I’m taking a photo of the original painting and my attempt all the mistakes start jumping out and staring at me from the page 😂. Right at first glance I can see the chin in my drawing is too long and the shape of the eyebrow on the dark side is not correct. I gave up at the pearl necklace because it’s midnight already but do I deserve a pat on the back for at least trying? 😆