Apples

Digital Art using Procreate app on an iPad Pro.  Reference photo from Viacheslav

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Study in Cherries and Crystal

A watercolor on 10.5"x14" 300b cp paper

Grapes with Crystal

A 14.5"x11" watercolor on 200lb Twin Rocker cp paper.  Reference photo taken by Lillian Bell's "Grapes in crystal bowl"

Apple and Pears, No Bears, O my

A 11"x7" watercolor on 300lb cp paper.  Reference photo is from Paint my photos.  I used transparent watercolor with watercolor crayons.  First time I used the crayons, they give interesting textures, but are opaque.  I find them useful for highlighting, if I accidentally paint over my highlights.

Simply being Lemons

A 11"x7.5" watercolor on 140lb cp paper.  This was painted for the Loose group on Paintmyphotos.  Reference photo is from pmp.

The Chair said to the Pears, "....."

A 11"x7.5" watercolor on 140lb cp paper. Palette transparent yellow, alizarin crimson, Perlyene green and purple.  Reference photo from paintmyphotos

Rookiepainter Challenge "Bowls meet the Strawberries"

This was painted for the Rookiepainter challenge here .  A 11.5 X 7.75 watercolor on 140lb cp paper

Just Peachy

7.5"X11" watercolor on 300lb rough.

Cherries flirting with Green

9"X14" watercolor on 300lb cp paper.  This painting over time evolved from a simple bowl of cherries with reflections.  The cherries in crystal is from a photo on "idrawandpaint" for the Feb. watercolor challenge.  I finished the challenge, but did not like the dark background in the photo.  So...I painted New Gamboge into the background and the red in the cherries popped...Now, I had the focal point i.e.(Cherries) floating in a sea of yellow.  So, add a table, that I did.  Very light touch, because I already put the reflection in and moving the yellow paint across the painted red cherries without disturbing it.  That done added a little burnt sienna and purple for the darks.  Then for a last applause I threw in a green towel to complement the red...