r/Watercolor

Can you spot the two lovers on that painting ?

Just sharing a recent painting I did and my process. Feel free to ask me anything 😊

Hong Kong streets, trams, and old memories.

Bonnie Belle's Pastries After Hours / 5x8 Watercolor, colored pencil, and gouache.

I drove past the bakery the other night, and I had to turn around and snap a pic. I really loved the way the colors from all of the decorations were spilling out onto the dark street. This was my first watercolor nocturne, and it was definitely challenging, but I was really happy with how the colors popped once the background was established.

All about 10 by 6 cm — inspired by pictures my grandad took of Lincolnshire, Yorkshire.

The leaves of the trees, the stars and moon, and the woman's hair were all done with pearlescent paint, so they shimmer. I was hoping to catch something that felt like a dream or a memory.

Lately I’ve been drawn towards small, minimalist paintings… because they are so convenient and keeps me going when I’m too overwhelmed to start a big piece. I will do one detailed painting soon but till then… these are keeping me happy!

Watercolour painting of some boats in Scarborough harbour in North Yorkshire, England.

My sister has been giving me prompts for practice and the most recent is: use two secondary colors in any medium on any subject. Here is my 3 year old son entranced by a new sound machine I was recently gifted :)

I think all of these practice pieces will be in watercolor in my mini book because of how easy it is to use on work breaks. It’s such a nice (and desperately needed) brain break from work!

Trying to decide if I should keep the background white or do a blurred background of leaves and more flowers amd maybe a bit of sky (More blurry than the already blurred parts). I am still planning on adding a few in focus leaves to this stem but cant decide on the background. Thoughts?