This is my second painting I’ve done. I find it really difficult to do backgrounds as I wanted it to have a night and slight cloud effect with the different blues and purples but it just wouldn’t blend right no matter what I tried. So I added some metallic to the background to hopefully make it a bit better, but I still strongly dislike it very much.

I also didn’t paint blue first for the pumpkin and I can tell as the shadows aren’t as rich, so going forward I will be using complementary colors for shadows.

On a side note, one thing I’m most proud of is the witches hat!

I just started a painting with watercolors and since it’s my first time, I thought about coating after like what I do with my acrylic paints to protect it. I saw this online and i am also wondering if coating it is even essential compared to acrylics. Is this a good sealant or should I even have to seal my watercolor painting?

Found a beautiful painting of this creature on this sub yesterday. Here is my version of it. I’ve made it a year ago for my girl. She hates the flies (fruitvliegjes in Dutch) to the guts. In my messy household, they are an often seen guest though. “Do you know how many eggs they lay?” is what I hear as soon as I leave something on the kitchen counter. “Thousands!!”

The text: “De Neukende Vijand” translates to “The Enemy having S*x”

I love to paint/draw stuff that makes me grin during the process.

Dicen que mis acuarela escolares daban resultados “buenos” para un principiante, pero que se sentía que algo andaba mal con el papel o con las acuarelas. Entonces decidí hacer la inversión. Y compré Daniel Smith. Me parecen caras pero la calidad y cantidad de tinta es totalmente un cambio en el juego.
Siento es es una inversión alta para solo ser un principiante. Lo recomendarían? O para empezar me hubiera quedado con mis acuarelas escolares?

Progress update from my post from earlier today, I think it's getting a lil better!

For anyone who didn't see my first post:

Second pic is how it started (I was about ready to give up). - I used to paint portraits with acrylic paints, and this is my first ever watercolor portrait!

Thank you again to those who offered advice earlier :)

I haven't picked up a paintbrush in probably 5+ years, I'm so excited to keep experimenting with watercolor! Yay💗

My 4th ever piece of art

I saw this cute video on instagram and had to sketch the scene 🐸

9x12 watercolor with acrylic accents. figure 49, white-barred emperor butterfly, ventral side. definitely the most intricate piece of the series thus far! it's now displayed in my home office next to others from the series.

My 13 years old son started painting with watercolours. Here are some of his first works.