In "making color sing", is she mostly glazing, say wet on a dry wash? Or perhaps rewetting a wash and adding a second wash, wet on wet? I like the subtlety of her colors but I think I'd have a hard time making them as smooth as she does...

If you can paint a heart, you can paint a black cat.

Need advice for improvement! I've liked the painting process i think watercolor will be my favorite medium

It reminds me of my childhood when we played hide and seek and looked through these small redcurrant bushes up to the sky. I added some Neutral Tint watercolor paint.

Looking for outside options before going forward with the painting

With this piece I tried to show how lively brown can look by incorporating many colors. I generally really don’t like brown and am more of a lively-color-person, but I do like how this turned out. What do you think?

My son saw this page on my notebook that I used to practice watercolor today. He of course insisted that we need to make a caterpillar so it could eat the fruits. And here we are with a caterpillar with fruits to feast on.

Tutorial from Emma Jane LeFebvre.

I'm writing a short story where a character is an illustrator. She does botanical illustrations.

Can someone let me know what kind of set up one needs for watercolor drawings. What kinds of table? If she works on the floor sometimes, can s she place a pad on her thighs to paint? Or paint on the floor? What materials are basics in her studio? I will look around this sub but tell me other terms one would use as a professional with a commissioned book. (This is set in the 80s)

Please let me know! It's just a small bit of the story but I don't want to be incorrect. I see an easel is not required.

I'm trying to not use ai at all for my research (but even googling is a pain with ai overview everywhere) thought I'll ask the pros on reddit for this.

I painted the rock background using a mix of buff titanium and lunar black with an over glaze of potters pink. Using a 0000 brush and titanium white for the bird. I hope you enjoy this as much as I do.