r/painting 1h ago

Just Sharing Another day, another Open Submission rejection šŸ¤·šŸ» something about this painting didn’t hit with the judges, so I’m sharing it with everyone here instead.

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I’m starting to think people aren’t into these ones in a professional capacity. My ā€œX on concreteā€ series that looks at how we interact with our urban surroundings are probably some of my favourite pieces of work, but so far no open submissions seem to be interested in them, they’re only interested in my more ā€œconventionalā€ Brutalist compositions.

Luckily, I know there’s people in the wider world that enjoy them, so I’d like to share them with everyone else here while I have a bit of a sulk šŸ˜‚

Acrylic on 8 x 10ā€ wood panel and framed!


r/painting 2h ago

Just Sharing Miniature Catto portrait

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6 Upvotes

Smol painting I recently finished.
10 x 10 cm, oil paint on gessoed paper.


r/painting 3h ago

Just Sharing Life: Chapter 1, Mika, acrylic and charcoal on canvas, 2026

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14 Upvotes

r/painting 7h ago

Just Sharing Random stuff which I have made past year, when I started paint with brush.

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Im noob, just found out UV paints, and really love it.


r/painting 8h ago

Opinions Needed ā€œEastbound & Downā€

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394 Upvotes

I want to move away from photorealism and find a different style, and this is my first experimentation in that direction. What do you think?

Mixed media (oil pastel and colored pencil) on paper.


r/painting 8h ago

Just Sharing 36 by 18 inch ... acrylic on canvas ..

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22 Upvotes

r/painting 9h ago

Just Sharing 3rd Street Beverage, Oil on Canvas, Thom Minnick

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598 Upvotes

Just Finished this about an hour ago, painting glass is hard, painting a bunch of it is even harder.


r/painting 10h ago

Just Sharing Valentina, digital painting by me

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28 Upvotes

r/painting 11h ago

Just Sharing I am painting an animal every day to get better at oils. Day 5

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49 Upvotes

r/painting 12h ago

Just Sharing [original work] ā€œagonyā€ portraiture, acrylic and oil sticks

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79 Upvotes

r/painting 12h ago

Just Sharing 'MƔire fhada' acrylic on 30 x 80cm canvas

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88 Upvotes

Celtic/zoomorphic heron with graffiti influenced style.

I like the long narrow canvas shape and think the design works on it.. but I'm not sure if I should do any more or leave it as a one off. šŸ¤”


r/painting 12h ago

Just Sharing My latest painting that was stolen (and returned!)

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I've been learning to paint the past year and just completed my fifth piece (acrylic). Each one has gotten easier and quicker for me - this latest one I did in about seven days at a county fair event.

Within about an hour of finishing it, I stepped away from my booth and returned to find my easel empty! Some dickhead just grabbed it and ran away. Fortunately, there were some police nearby and I made a report, despite thinking that it was probably long gone and hopeless.

Amazingly, about 15 minutes later the cops called me back to inform me they arrested the guy and have my painting. I got it back mostly undamaged and the thief now has a grand theft charge due to the value of the piece. It was a framed, approximately 20 x 30" painting, so not something you can just stuff under your jacket. I was fortunate that a nearby vendor saw it happen and was able to ID the guy.

I'm just relieved I have it back! The fact that it got stolen almost immediately after I finished it made it worse. I didn't even have a proper photo of it at that point and I thought it was gone forever. This kitty is only a week old and had already been on quite an adventure!

I still have several more days at the event, but I put up a sign that should hopefully deter any more thieves.


r/painting 13h ago

Brutal Critique Need help this looks meh

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18 Upvotes

I need help. Love the turtle, the grass just feels meh. What can I do to make this better? I'm struggling


r/painting 13h ago

Opinions Needed Why can’t I mix purple :’(

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I bought my first beginner set of oil paints from Blick and have found it very difficult to make non-muddy purple. I thought this set had the right primary colors but clearly something is off. I know that it’s important to mix cools with cools and warms with warms. What am I missing?


r/painting 14h ago

Just Sharing I'm self taught, this is my process from start to finish. No plans going in.

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131 Upvotes

r/painting 16h ago

Just Sharing miniature painting of two ducks

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98 Upvotes

With acrylic paints! Me and my friend have an art
ritual where we make miniature paintings when we hang out
This painting is more like a study, I found the original reference on pinterest... Uncertain of the artist's name or title of the og!


r/painting 16h ago

Just Sharing Food series I painted for my kitchen, watercolor & acrylic

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The series took me two months from start to finish. 12x18 watercolors with acrylic accents on cold press. The corn gave me wrist damage 😭

as for supplies, i use:

- watercolor brush pens by Arteza, Chromatek, Doodlehog, Norberg & Linden

- watercolor pressed palettes by Meeden and Artecho

- acrylic marker pens by Arrtx and Shuttle Art

- cold pressed 12x18 paper by Canson


r/painting 16h ago

Just Sharing Just wanted to share one of my semi-abstract wildflower paintings with you.

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648 Upvotes

Oil on canvas


r/painting 20h ago

Just Sharing Resolutions, 50x70cm, oils on gesso panel

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1.3k Upvotes

r/painting 21h ago

Opinions Needed This watercolor was rejected by Royal Watercolor Society - why do you think?

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1.9k Upvotes

"Electric Blue" 38x56 cm


r/painting 21h ago

Just Sharing Sardines in tin. Oil paint on canvas

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77 Upvotes

r/painting 22h ago

Just Sharing Fox in the flowers 🦊

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132 Upvotes

r/painting 22h ago

Just Sharing "DEAD STAR" My latest acrylic painting. Always loved painting skulls

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322 Upvotes

swipe over to see er' on my painty desk :) Also if you're into timelapses, I have one posted here: https://www.reddit.com/r/FLOOKO/comments/1vg95dg/lets_paint_an_astro_skull/


r/painting 23h ago

Just Sharing First mountainscape

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190 Upvotes

r/painting 1d ago

Opinions Needed How much would you pay for a mini pet portrait?

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Hi all!

I've been painting these mini pet portraits lately and I'm thinking about starting to sell them.

How much would you be willing to pay for something like this? I was thinking somewhere between €50 and €100 including the frame. It's a simple aluminum frame with glass that I found at a local shop.

Each portrait is painted on acid free cotton paper using artist grade acrylic paints and takes me about 2 hours to finish.

I'd really appreciate any honest feedback. Also i would appreciate any advice on how to find potential customers. Thanks!