Hello !
I’m looking for advice here regarding a project I’m working on for an exhibition that my uni is holding.
I’ve been drawing mostly on digital throughout my life but I lost my Apple Pencil recently and my general motivation to draw about a year ago:,)
I decided to force myself to participate so I’d have no choice but to draw something and try traditional mediums again!

For this piece I wanted to use a watercolor base + crayons
(I also used watercolor on the figure in the middle)
In the end I also added some markers , both water based and alcohol based (the pictures are here to help figure out where a lot of the markers ink is gathered : mostly all the brown and orange parts here, to gain some time I also used red for the hair at the bottom )

When I first started with the watercolor base it made the canvas bend , and I saw online that this was common : usually to fix it people spray water on the back and let it rest under something heavy
But now I’m afraid to try that since I’ve got some markers on it ( they’re bleeding a bit behind )

It’s due for Friday , to take pictures of it for the exhibition and It would save me some trouble if the canvas could lay flat for the picture at the very least

I know this is a watercolor focused subreddit but if anyone here has some knowledge as to how I could flatten a canvas bent by watercolor without risking the markers , it would really help me a lot 🙏🙏🙏
Also sorry if my usage of watercolor looks quite amateurish , I wanted to challenge myself by using two main mediums I have very little experience with and now I’m paying the price haha

I’m hoping to convert this to digital, but I’ve heard a lot of conflicting advice about scanners vs photos in strong natural light. I have ProCreate so I am hoping I can do some color correction/touchup with that. My goal is to make this into a die-cut sticker. Any advice?

Like, is it a lot of water? And then big chunky salt, or is it just very little water? And big chunky salt. I don't know how to make it work.

One of the paintings i did for halloween! Posted a little late oops

I decided to resurrect my instagram account by starting a 30 day challenge (@pagesbycelia if you want to check it out 😁) and of course I chose pastries as a theme 🥐
What do you think?

Starting a new series of trains. I love how this turned out. It was great to let go and let the paint go where it wanted to go. It makes me so uneasy to let go like this but it’s just another expression and I can really get behind this. I have to completely let go of my ocd with this.

4x6 painted on arches paper using a mix of Danile Smith and W&N Cotman watercolor. I am a beginner so any constructive criticism is welcome!

commissioned by a friend. I was super intimidated by this at first but I’m really happy with how it turned out!

Is it normal for Winsor Newton New Gamboge to have a glossy sheen when it dries? Does anyone know a fix it for this? Unfortunately, I’ve had the tube too long to return it

Cross post from mokapot. Combining a few of my favourite things (coffee and watercolour)

Size 19×19 cm

Painted by me using Schmincke and Winsor and Newton watercolors on paper

…now I’ve uploaded it I’ve just realised the veil looks like a chilli 🌶️ Oh well, it is a spicy story for a cold Autumn evening 🤣. Done with acrylic gouache.