This creative painting features a hand with a snake wrapped around it. The color palette was a great choice for this art piece. 3. Watercolor Rabbit Credit: jimlagasse This cute mother and baby giraffe painting would make a great gift for Mother’s Day when painted on canvas. 15. Lion with Crown

If your colours are insipid, you may be going straight from cleaning off your brush into your wash and therefore adding lots of water each time. Blot your brush on a sponge or paper towel so you know exactly how much water is in it.

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How you handle the water is more important that how you handle the paint. You may never be fully in control, but it will make a difference.

By practising some of the following exercises, not only will you create lovely paintings, you will learn invaluable lessons. When it comes to watercolor painting ideas, a giraffe with bubble gum is as playful as it gets. To make your painting your own, use this as a reference and be sure to add your own interpretation. 27. Woodland Animals Credit: by_the_lakeside From the great Renaissance masters to movers and shakers of the contemporary avant-garde, watercolor has captured the imaginations of painters through the centuries. Some artists strictly defined themselves as “watercolorists”, while a surprising number of artists incorporated watercolor within their oeuvre. Practice your skills by drawing and painting small doodles like these. The more you practice, the better you will get. 5. Rabbit Faces and Flowers Credit: yun.maorongrong An artist drawing inspiration from her own life, Tracey Emin is a famous YBA figure in whose oeuvre watercolors take up a significant place. She has created many series throughout her career: “Purple Virgin”, the “Berlin watercolours”, which she had on display in her Turner Prize exhibition in 1999, and the “Abortion” series, painted in 1990 and marking a painful period in her life, being some of them.Select a subject with a strong outline and paint it wet up to wet, just as we did the feather. This shows the importance of tone and shape. It’s a great idea to make a reference sheet. You will find that different pigments make a big difference to the end effect. Here’s a simple and realistic painting of a bird. The texture of the birds feathers was done so well here. 10. Owl with Flowers Credit: do o dleafterwork