We all know that we’re supposed to try and eat at least five portions of fruit and veg a day but how about painting them instead… ?
This was a really fun way of getting “one of your 5 a day”. This watercolour is only small – 14cm x 17cm. It was painted on Arches Aquarelle NOT paper, 140lb. Paints used were Aussie Red Gold, Perylene Red, Green Gold and Undersea Green – all by Daniel Smith. I used two sable brushes by Rosemary & Co for the tomatoes and a Silver Black Velvet Script Liner for the green stuff.
The colour of the tomatoes was built up gradually in about 3 layers, letting each layer of colour dry before applying the next. Letting areas of a painting dry before continuing is a lesson that’s taken time for me to learn. Watercolour painting requires patience and I have to work at it continually!
Also, red is a colour I don’t often use in my watercolour painting so it made a nice change to paint these vibrant red cherry tomatoes. Why not see what veggies you’ve got and have a go at painting them – just for fun… !
Now I want to get some to eat! Yours look good.
Thank you Sandy! Go buy some, paint them first and then eat them… !!
They look delicious! (K)
Thank you Kerfe… !
Love these cheery Little tomatoes ❤️
Thank you… !
Painting veggies is fun…love your cheery cherry tomatoes! 🍅
Thank you Jill… !
This came out really well, and I hear you about needing a lot of patience to build up layers. That would make me crazy, but I know that it’s a really good way to work if you want to get intensity of color.
Thank you Lynn – I really like how these turned out. Working in layers is an essential part of working with watercolour – it’s needed to build light and shade in a painting, which gives a painting it’s 3D impression. You lay the light tones first, let them dry and build the darker ones on top. Letting layers dry doesn’t generally take that long, mostly around half an hour or so – I just have to work on something else during that time… !
🙂