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Three Pears Watercolor Painting

Three Pears Watercolor Painting

I have finished painting the three pears over the weekend.  It is a 15 x 20 inches watercolor painting on cold press watercolor paper.  The process take the most time in taping the three pears individually over the rest of the painting.  Then color is applied on to a tooth brush and flick on to the surface.  Each one was done after the individual pear is dry.  It is lots of fun though.  One comment I like to make is that I would like to see more of a background than just plain watercolor wash if I am going to attempt another similar painting.

Daily Watercolor Painting – 5 Pears 7.5 x 22 inches

Daily Watercolor Painting - 5 Pears

Daily Watercolor Painting - 5 Pears

Being the holiday season and I have a few days before I post, I painted a larger watercolor than usual.  It is a watercolor painting of five pears and it measures 7.5 inches by 22 inches.  I was lots of fun although it has taken me much time in painting each pear.  After all the pears has been painted, each pear is taped to cover the rest of the painting.  Watercolor paint was then applied by flicking a tooth brush with dark watercolor.  It was a time consuming process.  After all the pears are done and dried, a background is painted using gradated wash and the bottom was painted with a value to demonstrate a table effect where the pears are sitted.  Last but not least, the shadow is being paintined on with a watercolor wash.

Watercolor Painting – Two Chili Peppers

Two Chili Pepper Watercolor Painting

Two Chili Pepper Watercolor Painting

Last night I did a 5 x 7 inches watercolor painting of two chili peppers.  One is red and the other one is orange and yellow.  It is a good exercise to practice the color wash and the use of watercolor pigments.   The red chilli pepper is done with a mixture of reds and is put in layers.  Highlight is done using clean water on the paper before the red layer is applied.  Later on the highlights are lifted with a wet bristle brush.  More darker red is applied to the shadow side of the red chili pepper.  The yellow and orange pepper is done the same way with different pigments of watercolor.  Shadows is then applied as layers of blue purple watercolor on dry paper and then other more intense watercolor layer is put on top.  A little fun exercise.

Daily Watercolor Painting – Papaya Still Life

Papaya watercolor painting - 7.5 x 10 inches

Papaya watercolor painting - 7.5 x 10 inches

Last night I did  a 7.5 x 10 inch watercolor painting of a papaya that has been cut in half.  It was lots of fun and not as easy as I thought.  The difficult part was getting the right color intensity on the seeds and the skin.  Shadow always present a problem for me and this one is no exception.   First I painted the skin with Winsor Yellow from Windsor and Newton.  It  is a transparent cool but towards green watercolor paint.  I added a touch of green for some part of the papaya skin for the shade.  After it is dry, I painted the yellow outline on the fresh of the papaya.  This part of the watercolor painting is the most difficult because I try to use wet in wet wash and when I apply the orange color of the fresh after the yellow outline, the outline disappear into the orange hue.  For the  orange color I use Cadmium Red mixed with Alizan Crimson both of Winson and Newton Watercolor.  It took me a third wash to get the desire orange color on the flash of the papaya and some lifting of color on the outline to get back the yellow color underneath.  After it is dry, I continue painting the  seeds of the papaya.  I mixed Winsor Green (Blue Shade) with Alizarn Crimson to get the grey color for the lighter color seeds.  But before I painted the seeds, I painted the yellow color around it with Winsor Yellow mixed with New Gamboge.  The darker or shadow of the seeds were painted with a mixture of Winsor violet and Winsor Green which gives me a black.  It is a fun watercolor exercise after all.

Watercolor Painting – Banana

Watercolor Painting - Banana

Watercolor Painting - Banana

Did a watercolor painting on a bunch of banana last night.  It was done on 7.5 x 10 inches Arches cold press watercolor paper.  Winsor Yellow watercolor paint was used for most of the banana in a wet in wet wash.  The most difficulty I encounter is in the shadows.  It was not easy because of the place of the lighting and the shadow made on the surface.  I should get back to finish my ballroom dance watercolor painting after this one.    I am trying to see what I can do to flatten the watercolor painting after it has been finished.

Dragon Fruit Watercolor Painting

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

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

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.