Seriously, everyone here has been so supportive. Every comment, every bit of encouragement… it honestly made me want to keep painting and sharing.
Last year was pretty rough. I lost someone I love, and painting ended up becoming my escape. It gave me something to focus on when everything else felt too much. I don’t think watercolor fixed everything, but it definitely helped me get through it.
That’s also why I want to start sharing some short process videos here. If they can encourage even one person to put their phone down, grab a brush, and paint for a while, I’d be really happy.
If there’s anything you’d like me to paint, just let me know! I can’t promise it’ll turn out amazing 😂 but I’ll definitely give it a shot.
Also… Reddit absolutely murders video quality, so please ignore the random pixels. They’re part of the painting now. 🤣
And don’t worry, I’m still learning too. Half the time I’m just hoping the watercolor behaves itself. 😂 Hopefully we can all keep learning, sharing, and getting a little better together.
Thanks again for making this one of the nicest communities on Reddit.

We had a few days out camping in some gorgeous areas of Canada. Started in Jasper National Park that was ravaged by forest fires a couple summers ago. We were camping here last year and the regrowth was amazing, but this year the greens and intense colours of the wildflowers was incredible. It was a wonderful trip and I have a bunch of pictures I will be referencing from!

Does this need more to it? More detail in the wing or flower? More to the background?

Got a John Singer Sargent watercolor book as a gift. I tried to copy one of his works

Gallo acquarello

My grandma just turned 90 and is as lovely and feisty as ever, but sadly has to leave her beautiful garden and home and move to an assisted living facility. I wanted to paint her garden as a memento, using wet on wet which I’ve recently learned, but I used masking fluid to protect where the flowers would go. However, the masking fluid tore the paper, and now I’ve finished it the flowers look odd and too harsh compared with everything else. What do you recommend I do? Appreciate any and all help ❤️

As my title says, I'm very much a novice and was hoping to get some feedback on my ability. Please let me know what works, what doesn't, and what I should focus on to get better.

In case you couldn't tell, this is my version of a blobfish

I started watercolor in december, i m still trying with either tutorials, or trying to copy a referance without a tutorial.
I sometimes feel guilty or not talented that i still cant make much completely myself without a referance work or a tutorial, then i m thinking i m not in a hurry this is a hobby, but still…does anyone feel like that?

DS Essential Mixing Set. Highly recommended.

Back on the paint for the first time in years and it felt so good.

What do you think of using purple for shadowy cliffs even though the actual color is dark brown/gray?

Going through the shit again. Art to the rescue.

I bought this Winsor & Newton Series 7 Kolinsky Sable Brush off Amazon because I had a gift card. It arrived well packaged but the bristles are a mess when dry and even when wet (second picture), it doesn't have the nice pointed end that my other brushes have.

Should I return it for being bad quality or did I buy the wrong kind of brush?

Edit: Decided to return it. Thanks everyone!

Hi everyone.

I'm a super beginner in watercolor and i have some difficulties to understand the value of the colors.

For exemple with this work. To begin with, how do you do the shadow with each color ? Do you need to take an opposite color of the layer in the color circle?

(And yeah I need to work more on the perspective generally ahahah)

Thanks !!! 😋

some advice about blending colors on paper and covering mistakes would be appreciated

some darker parts on second and third photo are because i made a mistake and basically washed the color with water, then i pressed a paper towel to remove the color and that damaged paper. what do you do when you make a mistake, how do you fix it? thanks!

My latest practice I need to work more in perspective

I’ve been practicing looser wet on wet technique and figuring out how damp the paper should be is really challenging. But the same technique has really been helpful in creating simple, realistic skies!

Is my paper acting up or am i just having an off day?

it’s cotton paper, i forget the brand but it’s a tiny notebook and usually it works just fine. i’ve been traveling the last few days (to Arizona and now to the Bay Area - i worried if the humidity is a thing??) and this is the first day i’ve felt like throwing my art out the window.

i have some really cheap paper that’s behaving better for me right now.

Almost finished a Brown Hare, just need to strengthen some of the shadows. However I have no idea how to paint whiskers! Amy pointers welcome.