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Fruit Still Life Watercolor Painting

Posted on February 19, 2021March 29, 2023 by Michele Clamp

Pineapple and bananas. Michele Clamp. Watercolor. 11”x14”

Now this didn’t come out quite how I imagined. I knew it was going to be a struggle and definitely turned out that way. As usual I’m in two minds. I think I like it but let’s see what tomorrow brings.

Still life Watercolor Color Matching Study

Posted on September 14, 2020March 29, 2023 by Michele Clamp

Although everything came out ok in the end I made the classic mistake of being overconfident going into this. As it is a study I was concentrating hard on getting the colors and values as close as I could (apart from some of the grey shadows which were too drab) and I almost lost my way. Lesson learned – never let down your guard or watercolor will bite you.

Here is the original photo.

And finally I made a video of the painting process for those interested.

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