Regina's Watercolor is a small business specializing in watercolor gifts and accessories that are hand-crafted* in small batches. We believe in quality products that create a fun experience for both beginners and experts in watercolor.
Our desire is to create an environment where everyone can express themselves through art with watercolor. We hope that you find inspiration as we share from artists and creators that we love.
Our desire is to create an environment where everyone can express themselves through art with watercolor. We hope that you find inspiration as we share from artists and creators that we love.
Meet the Team
Regina
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Regina is passionate about making palettes and sharing what she loves about watercolor. This obsession began when she needed to find balance with healthy outlets when the daily social work grind could be a little too much. She started her creative journey with floral design as she found it was a much more pleasant experience to bring the joy of fresh flowers to people. This gradually morphed into watercolor but the principle was the same-a great palette could bring people happiness and maybe a much needed outlet too.
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Jordan the Hubby
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Jordan AKA "Hubby Jordan" is a motivator, media maker, husband, teacher and Regina's partner in projects at 2am; all with an interest in art-sharing. He is the essential paint muller extraordinaire who often saves Regina and Makenzi from sore arms. Beyond the manufacture of the things and moral support, Jordan enjoys the making of Regina's videos.
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Makenzi the Boss
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Makenzi is passionate about youth education dividing her time between nursery school, elementary school and Regina's Watercolor. In addition to being “The Boss” at Regina's where she manages packaging and quality control, she also acts as cat nanny to Eddy when needed.
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Shanna the Artist
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Shanna of Art by Shanna is the illustrator behind our watercolor book series, “A Journey Through Color.” Shanna is a mixed media artist and art teacher; her expertise and support has been a huge encouragement to our process. Currently, Shanna offers watercolor classes with Regina in Northern Indiana.
Check-in with Shanna on Instagram to find future classes, events, or to book your own watercolor party. |
Stefanie the Expert
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Stefanie is Regina's consumer expert/sales consultant (and bestie) who helps to bring balance between scheduling and art stuff. “How do you make sales if you don't market?” “What do people want?” “Where's that newsletter?” “Don't get too sassy...” etc. etc. etc. Seriously though, Stefanie is the solution to the creative binges Regina flies off on.
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Inspiration: "Cats Playing Hungry Hungry Hippos" by THE OATMEAL, which was inspired by "Dogs Playing Poker" by Cassius Marcellus Coolidge.
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Meet the Cat, Thomas Edison
Going by many aliases this is a cat that seriously needs a kitten… AKA Eddy, Tommy, Fluffynutter and Punkermuffin... He fulfills the emotional support and absolute diva roles in our productions. He also thinks he’s in charge of quality control so we try to humor him. |
Other Contributors:
Regina's mom, dad and cousins are essential helpers from time to time when things get really busy, all supervised by Makenzi of course.
Our Story
Regina's Watercolor began in 2018-2019. Regina left the stress of social work behind in pursuit of more creative outlets including floral design. While learning to doodle (it doesn't come naturally to everyone...some of us need tutorials), Regina fell in love with geometric art and sacred geometry as it reflected the inner work and growth she was pursuing. While looking for a method of adding color to her art, Regina discovered a joy for watercolor. In the years leading up to 2018, she consumed watercolor content almost nonstop. When her $5 bargain-bin watercolor set did not perform properly and her palette did not delight...it was researcher/DIY/experiment time. This resulted in some doctored paints and a new palette concept. What started as Regina's personal journey became something that could be shared with others.
The work of creating an LLC, filing patents, contacting companies, launching a website and building a studio was at it's completion and waiting to go public when Hurricane Michael hit Panama City Florida in 2018. This event caused Regina and her husband to lose their studio, jobs, shelter and sense of security. It made launching a new business nearly impossible.
With the help of family and friends, Regina and Jordan relocated to Indiana and began to rebuild their lives. Regina had salvaged about 100 palettes and enough supplies to launch her business January 2019; all this from an attic where she stayed while trying to get back on her feet.
The work of creating an LLC, filing patents, contacting companies, launching a website and building a studio was at it's completion and waiting to go public when Hurricane Michael hit Panama City Florida in 2018. This event caused Regina and her husband to lose their studio, jobs, shelter and sense of security. It made launching a new business nearly impossible.
With the help of family and friends, Regina and Jordan relocated to Indiana and began to rebuild their lives. Regina had salvaged about 100 palettes and enough supplies to launch her business January 2019; all this from an attic where she stayed while trying to get back on her feet.
Update 2022
Coming full circle from where Regina's Watercolor began; we are currently creating palette designs in-house (literally). To do this, we had to take a huge healing step forward in creating a dedicated new workshop/studio space. We finally feel like we are on track to move forward and are excited to share as we expand.
Our supporters are at the heart of what we do and have made the journey rewarding. We continue to be awed by the opportunities we get to interact with respected members of the art community that we look up to.
Our supporters are at the heart of what we do and have made the journey rewarding. We continue to be awed by the opportunities we get to interact with respected members of the art community that we look up to.
Regina's Watercolor is in the early stages of palette manufacturing as our unique contribution to the world of watercolor. We will continue to offer related supplies in collaboration with other companies such as Dr. Ph. Martin's and Bee Paper Company. We use materials from these manufacturers to create watercolor paints, paper supplies and coloring books. It is our desire to always be respectful of the work of other makers, businesses and creators. Click buttons below to find more details.
*We currently use some manufactured parts made in China for our palette sets that we assemble in the USA using elements manufactured in the USA by Regina's Watercolor. There are imitations of our product on the market that may visually create confusion online in pictures-these do not contain our patent-pending parts such as Regina's glass mixing surface. Such products are not endorsed by Regina's Watercolor. Our palettes are available from our website and in-person at events attended by Regina or Shanna. Paints are made in the USA. If you have any questions, please contact Regina contact@reginaswatercolor.com
