Summer Cherries in Watercolor

"Summer Cherries in Watercolor" 5 by 7, on Hot Press

I know what you're thinking, "That painting looks familiar!" I first painted "Summer Cherries" in soft pastel. I had such a wonderful time doing that painting, that I thought I would give it a try with watercolor. Now you must know that I have never done anything like this in watercolor before (I've also never painted on hot press watercolor paper before). All my watercolor paintings have been loose, abstract and painted intuitively. I've never painted anything even close to realism in watercolor before, so I was sure that this wouldn't turn out. But I don't think it's too bad! I admit I got a little carried away with the background (which is supposed to be a wooden board, or deck), but I'm pretty pleased with how the cherries turned out! Even though the background is a little distracting, I don't think it ruins the piece. I don't know what it is, but I really enjoy painting cherries!

I hope you all have a great evening!

Bowl of Cherries

"Bowl of Cherries" 5 by 7, Pastel Painting

Available for purchase here

"Bowl of Cherries" is my latest pastel painting. It was done on Ampersand Pastelbord and is 5 by 7. I used a combination of soft pastel sticks and pastel pencils to complete this painting. I don't know what my fascination is with cherries lately, but I can't get enough of them! I even went to the market today and bought cherries just so I could paint them! I don't really like painting my own still lives, so I just took some pictures of them outside, and hopefully one of those will be good enough to paint! :)

I hope you all had a great weekend!

Summer Cherries

"Summer Cherries" 5 by 7, Pastel Painting

I completed "Summer Cherries" yesterday afternoon. I think this will be the first of many cherry paintings for me! I had such a wonderful time completing this painting. This painting was done on Ampersand Pastelbord, and was done with soft pastels, and pastel pencils. It can be purchased here.

Have a great Sunday!