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this dude

it's mostly the watercolor.

Hey OP, it's great that you've posted your work, that puts your leagues ahead of others and really shows that you're serious about improving

Don't worry about how long you've been drawing for, just look at where you are and try to do better for the future.
At your level I think you're totally capable of achieving your goals in a year, even with a job.

Two things: skills and popularity
Popularity is all that matters if you want money and skill alone doesn't determine popularity, make sure you're drawing what's actually popular, paying good attention to that will do you good, there are thousands of terrible artists out there with thousands of followers because they draw what's popular

For your skills, if you're an artist worth your salt it will absolutely crush you to go your entire life without being as skilled as you like, having a passion to get better is the key to improving your skills.
Look at your skills the same way you would maths or weightlifting,
you will make some progress by just feeling it out and doing what feels right but if you really want to improve fast and efficiently you need to do your research and build a plan of action, and most importantly: stick to that plan of action.
Look at your art and write down your weaknesses, there may be many but just pick a couple. now under that write down what you think you need to do to improve those weaknesses. now do exactly that.

I wish you luck in your journey, stay positive and work hard!

It's one of those things done by grannies yet but it's also done by some really amazing artists and people will always be amazed by a watercolour painting because of how hard the medium is

What artworks in the world display the greatest show of technical skill in perspective, colour, value, composition, anatomy, etc?
What's the best show of perspective in an image? What's the best show of anatomy in an image?

This can also be an amazing art thread

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He's a great artist and I love him but you cant seriously say he's god-tier at watercolors. He's pretty mediocre.

Technically perfect would be photorealism which we all know is pretty lame However when you add some other elements I can't work out the names for into the mix it becomes a much more difficult thing to do

Literally who cares?

Some people will make bad art, and idiots will say it's good.

Some people will make good art, and people with good taste will say it's good.

Where is the problem here?

How should I approach watercolors? I have a hard ass time trying to use this medium. I don't always find the right colors when painting from life, it is hard for me to prepare a comfortable palette when working from imagination, and most importantly, I always mess up the my layers when I am going from light to dark values.

Are there any tips I should always consider?
Are there are any book or video series I should look into?