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Dragon Fruit Watercolor Painting

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Dragon Fruit Watercolor Still Life Painting

Dragon Fruit Watercolor Painting

Pitaya Fruit, Pitahaya Fruit or just call it Dragon Fruit is full of nutrients and said to be good for blood pressure, and obesity.  Hopefully I ate this one after painting it will let me loose a few pounds.  Wishful thinking I guess.  Well, apart from the nutritional value, this fruit is really pretty with red, purple and green color on the outside.  I started this dragon fruit watercolor painting with lots of wet in wet wash in different areas.  When dry, anther layer of color is added on top to arrive to the final intensity.  I made a sketch on a 7.5 x 10 inches cold press watercolor paper and start the painting with the light value first.  The difficult part was to keep the paper wet for the wet in wet wash and then make it dry again for the next layer or area of paint.  It is long process and needs lots of patients.  Anyone who have not painted a dragon fruit before should try.  It is fun.

Papaya Watercolor Painting

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Papaya Watercolor Painting - 5 x 7 inches still life on cold press paper

Papaya Watercolor Painting - 5 x 7 inches still life on cold press paper

I did a still life watercolor painting of a papaya last night.  It was a 5 x 7 inches painting on Arches Cold Press Watercolor Paper.  I tried this little study on doing a underpainting of a wet into wet wash.  The color is applied very light with a yellowish tone where the papaya is going to be.  I found that this wet in wet wash gives me a feeling that I am not facing a blank white piece of watercolor paper.  This is a really quick wash and I even reuse some of my dried mixed paints from yesterday.  It was quite fun doing this wash and it is lots of fun.  As I apply the paint for the Papaya, I am using mostly a gradated wash and a streaked wash.   The streaked wash did not happen too good because of me starting out with the gradated wash, the paper is not wet enough.  I really should have paint this fruit using wet in wet wash which allows me more time and hence more control in my watercolor painting.  I hope you like how it turns out.

Pomegranate Watercolor Painting

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Pomegranate Watercolor Painting

Pomegranate Watercolor Painting

This one is a watercolor painting I did on a pomegranate.  I did it on a 5 x 7 inch cold press watercolor paper.  It was not too difficult as to the use of color because it is basically red.  A quick study which I just want to do something in one night such that I get some practice on my watercolor painting.  I found that this doing daily little paintings helps to maintain my interest in art and especially in watercolor.  I will get back into my bigger ballroom dancing painting tomorrow and I think I should not leave that for a long time otherwise I will be afraid to start it again thinking that I might ruin it.

Still Life Watercolor Painting – Yellow Pear

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Still Life Watercolor Painting - Yellow Pear

Still Life Watercolor Painting - Yellow Pear

I did a painting of a pear on 5 x 7 inch watercolor paper.  It is a cute little pear but it gives me lots of challange in this particular watercolor study.  First of all, I would like to make it more transparent by using wet in wet wash instead.  The color on the watercolor paper dries too quickly to give me good control of the medium.  It turns out ok but a little more transparent would be better.

Asian Persimmon – Lum Chee Watercolor Painting

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Asian Persimmon (Lum Chee) Watercolor Painting

Asian Persimmon (Lum Chee) Watercolor Painting

I try to paint this asian persimmon or lum chee in watercolor.  It is a typical Asian fruit call lum chee in Chinese. It is around from August until this time of the year and has a sweet taste to the orange fruit inside.
This is painted on a 5 x 7 sheet of watercolor paper.  The control I need to learn is to mix (lightly) in the palette and paint (lightly) on the watercolor paper.  I try using the back of a piece of watercolor paper to test the paint before I put on the painting.  This helps me to feel and see the hue and intensity of the mixted watercolor paint.  I found it quite different when paintied on paper then it is on the palette.  It will eventually change to a duller color when the color is dry.  So by painting dabs of color on the scrap piece of watercolor paper I can gauge the overall match of the color to the subject, in this case the asian persimmon.