Home Grown Strawberries - Done!

OK, I'm done with this. (Finally!) There was a white tablecloth with a brocade texture, so I hinted at it here. I also used this painting to practise with a scrubber brush, to soften the highlights around the bowl. I also practised the 10-second lifting out color technique for the highlights on the berries. (Basically, you drop a bead of water on the berry, wait ten seconds, press with a paper towel, then immediately rub with a kneaded erasure).

Strawberries Anyone?

Back to work on the berries and bowl. I'm darkening the colors layer by layer. When you darken one area, then the other areas look light, so you go over there. Then you have to do the first place again. You end up going round and round! Enough for today. Tomorrow is another day to add more color, texture, shadow....and maybe the little seeds on the berries for fun!

Strawberries in a Bowl Painting, continued

Today was "watercolor with your friend day"! So, I got to resume where I left off with the strawberry painting. I am having fun with this piece. Doing glazed pottery is really quite fun. I have some granulating watercolor called "Goethite Brown Ochre" by Daniel Smith, and it really gives wonderful texture to the pottery. Today my Mom is being discharged to go home (with my sister and brother). This is a momentous day, I wish I were there.