Watercolor art is no longer exclusively for the canvas. More and more sites are taking the brush to the screen and incorporating some beautiful hand-painted creations. Intersecting mediums provides a fresh approach to a web design and the look achieved with water color for the web is fantastic. Soft, flowing strokes and smooth pastel colors blend together to leave the appearance of a painted masterpiece.
I’ve collected 25 great examples of watercolor art that are showcased below. I found that many were used on portfolio sites to emphasize the designers image as an artist. As you browse this selection, notice the effect that brush strokes have and allow these 25 watercolor web designs to inspire you.
nice post chris I especially like the platin one its very good
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Thank you very much for adding my site to your list!
Watercolor has long been a favorite medium of mine. I love the use of watercolor in the sites you gathered. Thank you for the inspiration!
Beautiful websites indeed. I must honestly admit that i did underestimate the power of watercolor, well not anymore.Thank you for waking me up.
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Great examples, agree with Benjamin, love the platin one also.
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Awesome websites, great list! Thanks for writing it down
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Wow, these are gorgeous! I think digital art that uses hand-made art in its design is often very powerful. Very inspiring Chris!
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These are awesome Chris. My personal favourite is Matt Salik. Great inspiration!
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Lovely collection. I’m impressed, Chris. I’m not sure if Web designer wall was inspired from water colors.
But a stunning collection, nonetheless. I loved every one of them. Thanks a ton for sharing this.
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Awesome stuff. Great collection. I simply love Brad Candullo’s work, humorous and creative. *thumbs up*
beautiful websites! I really like Agami Creative because it looks like water paint. Great Post
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Very cool! Some really great examples Chris.
Good ones!!!
Thanks for sharing!
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I really dug Siete de Febrero’s site. It just looks truly awesome especially with that large date at the top. Now if only I could read it.
Bigcartel is also pretty cool. I’ve liked their site for awhile now.
Nice roundup though! Keep up the great work
JB
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The imoments one is simply a holding page to redirect you to Fabien Barral’s actual site, but I love it nonetheless.
Some eye catching designs there for sure.
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That looks great ! Very inspiring. Thanks for sharing !
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Thanks for featuring my site Chris!
I love the Syster site of the recent crop using this style.
Thanks for making an awesome site! I’m becoming more and more a fan of hand-drawn, hand-painted and other similar web designs. I might have to give it a try some time.
Thanks for stopping by!
Nice round up Chris. I love Watercolor Art. It just reflects awesomeness at all times
Thanks for sharing.
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Wow! Great!!
These websites are rarely seen in Korea.
but you can enjoy paintings of young korean artists in Artpoli
Hej there,
wow, how do you manage it to collect such an amount of websites matching your criteria? Do you use any special tools? I tryed to get along with stumbling myself through the web but didn’t came far….
By the way, I especially like the pages of Istok Pavlovic, Corvus Art and Giancarlo Fajardo
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I love your list Chris, some splendid inspiring colourful work here for sure!
Thanks so much for including mine