Watercolor Painting on Black paper is so much fun and the colors pop off the page! I found this amazing paint that is shimmery and metallic and beautiful on black paper. This is a technique you must try!
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To create this watercolor painting on black paper you will need to use paint that is not transparent, so not your usual watercolors. I used these Paul Rubens Artist Watercolor Paints-Glitter Solid Colors and they look beautiful on black paper! The Paul Rubens Watercolor comes individually wrapped and in the rainbow set of colors that include pearly white and gold. The sketchbook I used is actually an Archer and Olive Black dot journal.
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Watercolor painting on black paper Tutorial:
So let’s begin our Watercolor painting on black paper tutorial.
I started by painting a simple flower onto the center of the page. For inspiration check out this Watercolor Flowers Easy Video Tutorial
The beauty of this paint is that as it dries, it becomes opaque and shimmery on the page. You use them as watercolors, but they work on black papers too!
After painting the first few flowers, I figured out that you want to add just a little water to the paint cakes. You don’t want watery color on your paintbrush, you want the color to be thick and nice on the paper.
You can see below how you can even see a dark color like purple on black paper here! It takes a minute, but when it dries it looks so pretty!
This watercolor set came with 12 colors, all pastel and shimmery and each and every one of the 12 colors show up beautifully on the black paper. Working only with lighter colors was a new challenge, and I enjoyed trying it. I want to try this watercolor on black paper technique using this Canson Black Mixed Media pad next!
watercolor on black paper Video
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