Watercolor Painting on Black Paper

This is a technique you must try! Watercolor Painting on Black paper is so much fun and the colors pop off the page! I share multiple examples with supply options below so I hope you find something you can use.

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Supplies I’ve used here:

To create a watercolor painting on black paper you will need to use paint that is not transparent- something that has a touch of opacity to it. The flowers were painted with the Paul Rubens Artist Watercolor Paints-Glitter Solid Colors and they look beautiful on black paper! The sketchbook I used is actually an Archer and Olive Black dot journal.

Watercolor painting on black paper:

The Paul Rubens Watercolor comes individually wrapped and in the rainbow set of colors that include pearly white and gold.

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🍃🌸Painting on black is so satisfying! Supplies linked in my blog post here https://www.smilingcolors.com/2019/12/watercolor-painting-on-black-paper/ (clickable link in profile) . Shared a quick unboxing of these shimmery #paulrubens #watercolors in my Insta Stories today! Don’t miss is 🙂 . Sketchbook used here is the @archerandolive #archerandolive Black Out book. . . #theshinynestvideos #watercoloring #watercolorflorals #watercolorvideo #paintingonblack #blackpaper #paintingvideo #smithapaints #watercolours #watercolorpainting #artnerd #art_spotlight #watercolorsketch #florals #floralpainting #dsfloral #watercolorart #waterblog #watercolorflowers #watercolorillustration #blooms #artist_sharing #instablooms #blackpaper #createeveryday

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more examples of Watercolor Painting on Black Paper

Here I’m sharing a Brush Lettering on Black video that is basically a Watercolor Lettering Technique. The colors show up beautifully on black!

In the above video, I use the shimmery Gold and silver paints from this Gansai Tambi watercolor set. It’s a great quality product and I love how the colors sit on the black paper. The matte white paint came from this Sakura Koi set and this is a great travel set!

For the Let it snow example, I used the Winsor Newton Cotman Round 8 brush and the silver-white paint from the Gansai Tambi Watercolor set.

In the Stay cozy example, I used the Royal Sable Round 0 brush and the gold paint from the Gansai Tambi Watercolor set. 

Finally in the Baby, it’s cold outside example here, I used the white paint from the Sakura Koi watercolor set along with the water brush that is included with the set.