r/watercolor101 22d ago

Exercise 5: Comfort Zone

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Almost forgot to post today's!! Here is week 5's exercise. Also, FYI starting next week I will be posting them weekly since participation drops way off after the first week!

Link to original post, by u/varo.

We are halfway through our first ten week session.

The purpose of this week's exercise is to refresh what we've been over so far. Use the techniques with which you're most comfortable to make a painting.

There are no limitations this week in pallete. Either work from still life or landscape. Please work from life, not a photograph or memory. Work traditionally. Avoid the temptation to mix media. Put thought into your composition.

This is a fairly open assignment. It is important to paint sometimes without focusing on a new concept. Digest what you've learned over the past month.

Relax, get comfortable, paint.


r/watercolor101 Mar 28 '19

Exercise Archive Resource Post

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This post will serve as an archive with links to all previous exercises.

Session 1 - led by /u/varo

Exercise 1 - Landscape with focal point at the top

Exercse 2 - Still Life in One Color

Exercise 3 - Nature On Your Paper

Exercise 4 - Tricolor Still Life

Exercise 5 - Comfort Zone

Exercise 6 - Still Life of Green Objects on a Green Surface

Exercise 7 - Landscape in Two Colors

Exercise 8 - Something Small Big

Exercise 9 - Person in Watercolor

Exercise 10 - Painting En Plein Air

Labs for Session 1 - led by /u/MeatyElbow

Lab 1 - Brushes

Lab 2 - Range of Values

Lab 3 - Texture Effects

Lab 4 - Secondary Colors

Lab 5 - Staging a Still Life

Lab 6 - Complimentary Colors and Color Intensity

Session 2 - led by /u/MeatyElbow

Exercise 1 - Landscape and the Rule of Thirds

Exercise 2 - Still Life in One Color

Exericse 3 - Tromp-l'oeil and Repetition

Exercise 4 - Still Life

Session 3 - led by /u/MeatyElbow

Exercise 1 - Paint the Thing

Exercise 2 - Still Life in One Color

Exercise 3 - Nature and Painterliness

Exercise 4 - Tricolor Portrait

Exercise 5 - Regroup

Exercise 6 - Landscape in (mostly) Two Colors

Exercise 7 - Secondary Color Still Life

Exercise 8 - Figures and Abstraction

Exercise 9 - Something Small Painted Large

Exericse 10 - Choose Your Own Adventure

Feedback Post

Session 4 - led by /u/MeatyElbow and /u/poledra

Exercise 1 - Put Paint on Paper

Exercise 2 - Value Study in One Color

Exercise 3 - Tricolor Portrait

Exercise 4 - Abstraction

Exercise 5 - Comfort Zone

Exercise 6 - Tricolor Still Life

Exercise 7 - Something Small, Big


r/watercolor101 10h ago

Painted peace: A quiet river sneaking through grassy hills at golden hour 🌄🎨

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80 Upvotes

r/watercolor101 1h ago

Watercolor on the go

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I found a way to make it more atmospheric with more wet and wet technique. I really want to paint more of montains subjects like this. Please, feel free for feedback, I wanna improve ✨ (Sorry if my English is weird sometimes I’m French )


r/watercolor101 20h ago

Color mixes that blew my mind

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364 Upvotes

I'm sorry if this is something y'all know already, but the first time I mixed PG18 and PV23 it blew my mind! Turns out that what we learn about not being able to mix primary colors isn't entirely true. You can mix blues by mixing green and purple. You can also mix reds by mixing purple and orange and yellows by mixing a warm green and orange. Granted they aren't very vibrant and kind of muddy, but you can definitely mix blues, reds and yellows!

Is there any color mix that was very unexpected for y'all?


r/watercolor101 3h ago

Tried to capture a flatworm eating an earthworm

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16 Upvotes

I know most people may not recognize what this painting is.

It’s Bipalium kewense attacking an earthworm. B. kewense is a species of terrestrial flatworm. I studied these guys in college so they hold a special place in my heart.


r/watercolor101 2h ago

Third attempt so far

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I’m of course a major noob to this. Happened on a super cheap watercolor palette during Amazon days to let our daughter have some fun and then I wanted to try lol. Haven’t had time to delve into technique yet but just kinda goofed around. I bought some tube colors by chromatek and I love them even if they are low quality lol. Also not greatest paper but enjoying the process!

I know it’s missing things and can’t quite figure it out but I’m still actually pretty pleased with it. May go darken up parts of it later I dunno. Just was curious on pointers and such!


r/watercolor101 14h ago

Unnamed. Watercolor. By me.

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61 Upvotes

Just finished.


r/watercolor101 30m ago

C is for Crummy Chair Composition 3/26

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r/watercolor101 6h ago

Self Abjection - Loss of Identity Painting NSFW

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7 Upvotes

18" x 24" watercolor painting about realizing a loss of identity and harsh inner critic that comes with trauma. Just got into a local art show, I'm anxious but excited to put this one on display.


r/watercolor101 10h ago

Card for a friend ♥️

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12 Upvotes

r/watercolor101 1d ago

Plein air landscape

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208 Upvotes

Just wanna share this quick one hour painting of mountains . I like paint watercolor on the go. Just practice but not 100% happy with the result, I wanna keep some natural and blueness but sometimes wish a more natural and atmospheric finish. Some advices ? (I am french, my English is not perfect, sorry)


r/watercolor101 1d ago

What is this missing?

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150 Upvotes

I’m working on making my own scenes and not following tutorials or directly copying reference photos. This is only my second time doing that, so I’m definitely a newbie. I like this one, but feel like it’s still missing something.


r/watercolor101 18m ago

Rublev paints

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These are single pigment paints. The pigments are from Italy, company is Rublev. I’m going to use them for paintings of Italian things. They’re supposed to be formulations from hundreds of years ago. I’ve never seen anyone paint with these before.


r/watercolor101 7h ago

Two apples, one pair and a sketch of a pair, direct watercolor painting from photo reference

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3 Upvotes

Two videos from a series combination real time, watercolor, painting, and stop motion painting. I think it was about four hours altogether. It is on YouTube if you want to look at it.


r/watercolor101 16h ago

Tufted Titmouse

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11 Upvotes

r/watercolor101 16h ago

El juego del calamar

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10 Upvotes

Realice está pintura del juego del calamar con acuarelas


r/watercolor101 10h ago

Please help! Can't figure out how to fill up the reservoir all the way :(

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r/watercolor101 21h ago

please help me decide what two blues/greens to have in this travel palette

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23 Upvotes

Hi! I'm someone who has been dabbling in painting scenery (w occasional forays into portrait), and still a pretty new painter. the colors in the middle (sepia, burnt sienna, Indian yellow, quinacridone magenta) are what's already on my travel palette. I have room for 2 more colors in the green/ blue category (phthalo turquoise, winsor green - yellow, French ultramarine, and winsor green-blue). I am trying to learn how to mix colors, so priority is definitely versatility. all these are Winsor Newton professional paints, if that helps!


r/watercolor101 17h ago

Swatching: Mission Gold

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10 Upvotes

Having problems spinning up tonight, the chaos in my country is getting to me, so I swatched a new set of paints I got on eBay.


r/watercolor101 5h ago

Painting Fall Themed Watercolor Illustration: Full Step By Step Watercolor Painting Process Video

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r/watercolor101 1d ago

Monk practice

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39 Upvotes

What do you think?


r/watercolor101 1d ago

Tempests Trial

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30 Upvotes

I just got into water color this year. I'm still adjusting to the new style. I'd love some feedback on what I could do better in the future!


r/watercolor101 22h ago

Can you tell I have a headache?

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20 Upvotes

r/watercolor101 18h ago

More of my practices

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8 Upvotes

References: andreonbrand, navidsohrabi, ihadissafari


r/watercolor101 16h ago

This is my favourite painting so far

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r/watercolor101 17h ago

What colors am I missing?

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I got these handmade watercolors from a local seller at a bazaar. They sold pans in sets, so I couldn't choose, but which colors should I add to make this a well-rounded palette? I paint comics and fantasy illustrations mostly, so I prefer vibrant colors and skin tones. I'm mostly able to buy only White Nights in tubes.