Watercolor Painting - Five Pears - after darken shadow ( 7.5 x 22 inches)

Watercolor Painting - 5 Pears (before darken shadows)

I did quite a bit of watercolor painting and drawing last night but have not much to show for.  I have changed and fine tune the ballroom painting to get it more detail on the gown and darken the shadows on the floor.  For the Five Pears watercolor painting I have shown above, I have darken the shadows with several layers of watercolor wash.  I always felt that the one before I darken the shadow seems not finished and there is not a complete range of light and dark in the painting.  I always try to achieve the total range of brightest to the darkest in my painting except for the ones that I desire a certain mood to it.  It is this whole range of grey or tones from brightest to darkest that gives a painting the spark.   I think it does make a difference in the Five Pears watercolor painting above.  Also I would always try to save as much non painted white space to let the whites of the paper shine through.  I don’t think I have left any in this watercolor painting but I will try to do it and learn to do it more often.   Last night I also did a sketch of three pears on a cold press watercolor paper so I will try and put the watercolor paint on tonight.  I value suggestions and comments on my work so we as passionate watercolor painters can benifit on this ongoing learning process.