Last week our cherry tomatoes started ripening........a couple at a time each day. We were waiting for the larger variety to finally ripen and this evening we picked our first one.
I had a hard time deciding on shadow color. The photo shows it a dark brown which I just knew I'd royally mess up. Plus I didn't think it looked good anyways even in the photo. So I decided to try loosely mixing Cobalt Blue with the Cad Red (M) knowing if I over-mixed, I would end up with mud due to the opacity of the Red.
First application dried too light so I ended up having to go back in which I truly dread doing because normally I would regret doing so. I just happened to luck out this time. The mix I used second go around leaned more towards the red. There is a bit of blotchiness within the shadow but not dreadfully so (at least to my eyes). The edges were a bit hard and after the shadows dried, I took my angular flat and gently softened them.
I went heavy with my pigment on the tomatoes dropping in the New Gamboge to brighten the reds up a bit while still wet. Then swished the Perm Aliz in areas to darken some areas.
The highlights I probably could have gone a bit softer.
Overall, I at least captured the character of our first full sized tomato :-)
4 comments:
Susan - This sketch speaks of your excellent artistic skills, both as a gardener and a painter.
Thank you Sketch Gurl! I appreciate the compliment :-)
This is a dandy Susan! (The tomatoes and painting!) ☺
Thank you, Sandy :-D I used your suggestion to use more of the tomato coloring in the shadow ;-)
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