Painting on black watercolor paper

Kristin Van Leuven | Watercolor artist and instructor on Instagram: "I’m definitely more a “fall” person than a “halloween” person (I’m 100% positive I get it from my mom) but I LOVE painting these cute little ghosties with my kids every year. You need black paper and white paint. I think white gouache works best, but you could use white watercolor super saturated or even white acrylic paint super watered down. The key is that beautiful black paper! I used black watercolor paper from…

Legion Paper on Instagram: "@shealeenlouise trying out our new Stonehenge Aqua Black panel! Shealeen’s tips for painting with watercolor on black paper: 1: “You need to use opaque watercolors for it to work. Transparent paints won’t work by themselves on this one. The two opaque colors I always has on my palette are Cadmium red and Naples yellow. They both work perfectly on this. BUT my work around to using *all* my watercolors is to start with white gouache (an opaque type of…

See how easy it is to create a Watercolor painting on black paper! All you need are the right supplies to enjoy this process.

Good evening! I’m popping in a little later than usual, but it’s still Tuesday, right? We spent the morning getting the rest of the release orders out the door. I really wanted to squee…

Marja on Instagram: "💓Apples are getting ripe, So the beautiful blossom.💓 Brushes: @silverbrushltd Black velvet in different sizes & @raphael_brushes Colors: @nevskayapalitra_world @acuarelaswhitenights Paper: @fabrianoinacquarello . . . #artistsoninstagram #myart #passion #floralillustration #artist #modernbotanicals #bloom #watercolorflowers #watercolorflorals #watercolorillustration #appleblossom #watercoloring #aquarelle #painting #watercolorpaintings #watercolorart…