Is anyone good at water colours and can advise??

Your paintings are very good Greyduster. I particularly like the Whitby one too.
I wouldn't dare post my efforts.

As well as wet on wet - there's wet on dry, dry on wet . Now is there dry on dry. Experiment. Have fun
I think a rose madder for flowers & veridian for green in seascapes are useful.
I once did a whole seascape in shades of payne's grey.

You're very talented Greyduster. You must also have persevered and tried lots of new approaches. lovely pictures. Come on you others!

Don’t leave me stranded out here folks! I’m getting a complex!!

I’m sure I used the brown ‘ butterfly ‘ gummed paper for stretching You wet it and put it all round wet paper on a board and it tightens as it dries . I use masking tape to attach acrylic paper but it’s different because you don’t need to stretch acrylic paper. Another tip is never to use white paint lighten your colours with water and leave paper un painted if pure white is required.

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I’ve been going to art classes since retiring but Lockdown put a stop to that last March. These are a few watercolours I’ve done. YouTube has some great tutorials. Steven Cronin does amazing landscapes.

These are lovely Ijustwantpeace. I hope you've got them framed and on the wall in pride of place.

Such beautiful work Ijustwantpeace
They're all brilliant!

My goodness, Ijustwantpeace, you could just reach right in and eat that strawberry! Lovely work!

I've always been scared of drawing, painting etc but I just began after Christmas and have taught myself from scratch via YouTube ... check out Ellen Crimi-Trent, Shayda Campbell and Emma Lefebvre ... also there are lots to help with paper etc. I have just treated myself to expensive paper at a great price £13.50 Arches : Aquarelle : Gummed Watercolour Pad : 23x31cm ) from Jacksons Art... and am making little 3 by 3 inch pieces to make into cards - practising but with a purpose...my family and friends are really impressed. The good paper has made a fantastic difference.

Great paintings Ijustwantpeace

Billy Showell, President of The Society of Botanical Artists, does exquisite watercolour paintings of flowers, fruit and vegetables and also has lessons on youtube

www.billyshowell.com/billy/about-billy

I have several of Billy Showell's books - in fact I've lots of books on painting. I used to go to a weekly art group but with the pandemic, everying stopped. I now haven't painted for almost a year (sewn, knitted, learned to crochet, cross stitch and embroider) but I can hear my paints and brushes calling me again after reading this thread.

I find watercolour difficult too, these efforts are amazing! Start light and go dark and add water to create movement is what we have been taught at our class which I am missing terribly