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What r/painting is talking about this week

r/painting has 4,629,631 members and 71 posts in the last 24 hours, with about 13 comments an hour right now. From the Redlisten index, refreshed daily.

4,629,631members
71posts in the last 24 hours, newest 13 min ago
13comments an hour right now, newest 21 h ago
4,648points on the top thread this week

Words coming up in r/painting this week

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Top threads this week

  1. Thought I’d share my mom’s beautiful watercolour paintings

    Let me know what you think! 😊

    4,648 points177 comments4 d ago
  2. "Endless Running" - my new oil painting 9"x12"
    3,109 points102 comments5 d ago
  3. SUDDEN FIRST SNOW
    2,451 points103 comments3 d ago
  4. Completed painting for intermediate painting class

    I love this group, and reading all the feedback you all provide. I’m hoping for some here. I am a retired lawyer and have been yearning to paint. Signed up for a community college class and spend...

    2,115 points114 comments6 d ago
  5. I painted myself as a child, at 40, and as an old man. “Hindsight,” oil on linen.

    I started painting the week I turned 40. About a year later, I painted this. The child on the left has his eyes closed. I’m in the middle, painting the older version of myself on the right. I kept...

    1,906 points69 comments5 d ago
  6. “Out of Focus” | Acrylic on Canvas

    it’s been a few years since I’ve done a rainy bokeh lights piece, and it’s definitely been a hyper-fixation of mine lately🤞🏾 took about 12 hours (collectively) to complete and was made with...

    1,836 points45 comments3 d ago
  7. acrylic, canvas 50*60 cm "king of beeches"
    1,064 points49 comments6 d ago
  8. WIP. Old Silence. 12x24” oil on panel.

    “Old Silence.” I knocked out the first layer of this one this morning. The next layer will be some detail in certain areas, and punching in the brightest highlights, and darkest darks. 12x24” oil...

    1,012 points31 comments4 d ago
  9. LOBSTER, 2026, acrylic on paper
    858 points41 comments6 d ago
  10. I haven't made traditional art in last 7-8 years, Just started getting back to it.

    I used the HIMI gouache set for these. They're mostly studies so far, but I'm still struggling with layering colors on top of each other. Any suggestions?

    761 points22 comments5 d ago

Newest posts

  1. This is an acrylic painting on canvas - 30*48 Inches Canvas
    1 points0 comments13 min ago
  2. Acrylic techniques or tools for painting straight lines
    1 points0 comments26 min ago
  3. From series Westerly “Wilcox Pond”
    1 points0 comments33 min ago
  4. Daydream - handmade oil painting
    1 points1 comment41 min ago
  5. Seeking critique and feedback
    1 points0 comments54 min ago
  6. ‘Walking Around’
    1 points0 comments1 h ago
  7. just drive(study)
    1 points0 comments1 h ago
  8. 100 hours in, with the end nowhere in sight. Oil on canvas
    108 points14 comments2 h ago
  9. Oil on canvas '2026'
    1 points0 comments2 h ago
  10. Another. from nowon when it is a recent painting I'll say that....
    1 points0 comments2 h ago
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