Need help with water colours
Username: deerblue
Post Date: 2026-08-19 21:25:20
Hello everyone! I'm fairly new to Rebelle and absolutely loving it. I am, however, struggling with the water colours. I can only manage to create a big blop of a never stopping extending round drop. Does anyone has certain brushes they recommend?
How can I achieve this water colour look: The size of the colour extends, yet it doesn't just become a big circle, it rather actually creates drops and drips that descend as single entities. And it forms that nice darker edge on one side, while slightly vanishing on the other.
I don't know if my description is helpful, I hope you get what I mean.
TL;DR: What are the best watercolour brushes? Which settings do you recommend to achieve the best, most natural water colour effect.
Username: 2dpainter
Post Date: 2026-08-20 02:50:52
[QUOTE="deerblue, post: 34178, member: 292908"]
Hello everyone! I'm fairly new to Rebelle and absolutely loving it. I am, however, struggling with the water colours. I can only manage to create a big blop of a never stopping extending round drop. Does anyone has certain brushes they recommend?
How can I achieve this water colour look: The size of the colour extends, yet it doesn't just become a big circle, it rather actually creates drops and drips that descend as single entities. And it forms that nice darker edge on one side, while slightly vanishing on the other.
I don't know if my description is helpful, I hope you get what I mean.
TL;DR: What are the best watercolour brushes? Which settings do you recommend to achieve the best, most natural water colour effect.
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It's difficult to know what effect you're aiming for based solely on your description.
Posting some example images would be very helpful.
A simple YouTube search for "Rebelle Watercolor" reveals a lot of videos on this topic.
Escape Motion's own YouTube channel also has some.
Basic Watercolor Techniques
[MEDIA=youtube]HQ5EVlz0m7I[/MEDIA]
a watercolor painting
[MEDIA=youtube]OH4A-d98yrI[/MEDIA]
Since you mentioned dripping...
[MEDIA=youtube]XWpPJt8wMsU[/MEDIA]
Username: Kell9
Post Date: 2026-08-20 08:32:30
Here is another one:
[MEDIA=youtube]8ZfJqSBcvBA:949[/MEDIA]
Username: deerblue
Post Date: 2026-10-17 16:55:26
[QUOTE="Kell9, post: 34180, member: 156988"]
Here is another one:
[MEDIA=youtube]8ZfJqSBcvBA:949[/MEDIA]
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(Sorry for the late reply, I had trouble logging back into the account). Thanks very much for recommending that video!
Username: deerblue
Post Date: 2026-10-17 16:56:55
[QUOTE="2dpainter, post: 34179, member: 1510"]
It's difficult to know what effect you're aiming for based solely on your description.
Posting some example images would be very helpful.
A simple YouTube search for "Rebelle Watercolor" reveals a lot of videos on this topic.
Escape Motion's own YouTube channel also has some.
Basic Watercolor Techniques
[MEDIA=youtube]HQ5EVlz0m7I[/MEDIA]
a watercolor painting
[MEDIA=youtube]OH4A-d98yrI[/MEDIA]
Since you mentioned dripping...
[MEDIA=youtube]XWpPJt8wMsU[/MEDIA]
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(Sorry for the late reply, I had trouble logging back into the account). Thank you for suggesting those videos! I was a bit overwhelmed by all the search results on YouTube, the ones you've suggested though are quite fitting what I was searching for.
Username: 2dpainter
Post Date: 2026-10-17 19:35:36
[QUOTE="deerblue, post: 34901, member: 292908"]
(Sorry for the late reply, I had trouble logging back into the account). Thank you for suggesting those videos! I was a bit overwhelmed by all the search results on YouTube, the ones you've suggested though are quite fitting what I was searching for.
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No Problem, your welcome
and its nice you found a helpful one
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