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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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 thisĀ Gansai Tambi watercolor set. Itās a great quality product and I love how the colors sit on the black paper. The matte white paint came from thisĀ Sakura Koi setĀ and this is a great travel set!

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

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

Finally in the Baby, itās 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.


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