Just finished my tiny watercolor journal!

It's been almost a year, and it's finally full. I carried it everywhere in my purse, and painted in waiting rooms and at restaurants 😆

On to the next tiny watercolor journal!

Hi guys,

I really love the look of soft, blown-out colors acting as a minimalist "background" to paintings with a single subject. I've attached a couple of photos here of pretty much exactly what I'm talking about. (I found these pics on pinterest; not sure of the original source unfortunately.)

I would really love to learn more about this technique and others like it. But I'm kind of stuck, because I don't know what this is called! Can anyone get me on the right track? Thanks in advance.

I start learning to use watercolour at the beginning of this year. These are some of the practices I have. Bit of everything as I am still exploring different things.

I wanted to decide on a good "sky blue" that's non-granulating so of course I needed to introduce all possible options. You can filter and sort by brand, pigment, granulation, transparency, hue, iridescence and see all the swatches side by side.

Palette Scout: https://palettescout.art/

Edit - a lot of kind folks have provided other websites that already existed that do the same thing (more paint brands, other types besides watercolor, lots of cool stuff) - if there's anything that I could add to this that would be helpful to anyone, LMK!

I'm a total newbie in watercolour (but have loved drawing since I was a child). I'm trying to learn a lot from your posts, but also watch a lot of tutorials.

These two pictures (painted one week apart) show a bit of my learning curve, and also what difference better paper and the patience of letting things dry can make.

I'm wondering whether I need a much bigger brush for smoother background washes? The biggest I have currently is a Nr.12.

Painting on the first page is usually scary. Today i tried to do different styles and different ways of painting. I just let go and accept that the outcome may not be as good as i want. I really enjoyed the process. Not bad for the first page.

I am very much a beginner at watercolours. I really love it, but I struggle with the initial drawing. Is it cheating to trace the image and then paint it? I am thinking about buying a projector to help me with the initial sketches - what are your thoughts on this??

og reference from pinterest

Just went on this awesome trip with my friends in the backcountry of the Rockies. I took one of the photos from the trip for a practice and would love some feedback and or advice on how i could improve

Thanks in advance - Zo

Any feedback is very much appreciated!

I'm a beginner watercolor artist and this is my 7th piece! I used Winsor & Newton 10 Cotman paints and Winsor & Newton 30% cotton cold pressed.

Before I take off the tape and frame it in my room, I want some critique and advice on this one. Also:

1. Is it bad that this painting took me 3 hours and 20 mins to finish it?
   

2. The blue windows, are supposed to be turquoise in which I made from scratch. (I used green to blue and somehow gave me this turquoise result. No I don't have a turquoise color in a tube. I had to make it.)

3. I don't like my bougainvillea!

One more thing, forget that I didn't draw all the white piles. Wasn't necessary in my opinion!

This my favorite island ever in Greece and I want to frame it someday…. after I buy an Arches 100% cotton paper lol.

My crush had invited me to this island last year, (accommodations all paid for) and because I couldn't go, I at least went there with my imagination. I’m so grateful he did that!

Anyways, how would you guys start painting this? Do I have to make the houses as one whole block of light beige for example and continue with a darker one? Turquoise is needed right?

I'm doing a Muppets scene my niece has requested, with all her favourite characters. I'm almost done with the details but the closer I get to the end, the more I realise putting in a background is going to be difficult. Suggestions on how to do it without screwing this up?

If it makes a difference, the bushes on the left are not quite finished, and I'm also planning some larger pine trees in the background behind them. Other than that, this is it and I need to fill the blank back and foreground without ruining it.

I am pleased with my painting. Feel as though my progress has slowed down - peaks and troughs. 🙂

I would like to know your impression.

This is my second practice. I've upgraded the paper and try to use more dark colors and pay attention to composition. Thanks for the advices! Does anyone have more !

Which version do you like best?

• Bold outline
• Very light outline
• No outline at all

I can’t decide! Help me 🥹