I never painted grapes before. Neither did I draw them with pencils. I knew I could do them in coloured pencil. They are much like blueberries. And I did blueberries years ago. Getting the bloom just right was a wonderful challenge. When I bought these grapes I knew the bloom would be the most difficult bit. But I didn't want to do another coloured pencil drawing. I decided to try it in watercolour. Pretty scary to be honest. So first I tried one. It's the one in the front. It wasn't at all as hard as I thought it would be. It actually was quite fun. So I painted a small group behind the loose one. I tried out a few different techniques but they all resulted in the same nice surface. Funny enough the hardest part was to find out what colour to use in the shadows. I finally found sepia with a bit of permanent alizarine crimson the best choice.
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excellent work, the grapes are very realistic
ReplyDeleteThey look good enough to eat.
ReplyDeleteOkay- is that a photo? I really can't tell!
ReplyDeleteLovely work. That deep/pale colouring is not as easy to get as you make it look.
ReplyDeletewow...your grapes are lovely. thanks for sharing the technicalities, I would never have thought of sepia...
ReplyDeleteCongratulations, these are lovely!
ReplyDeleteThese are lovely, I would never have thought of sepia either, you learn something new very day!
ReplyDeleteexcellent rendition!!! sepia with alizarin crimson! thanks for the tip. :)
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