Grapes are kind of fun to paint, they are shiny and colourful and make for good practice as a watercolour painter. This painting is quite old so I forget if it was done from a photo or real life, it is possible that I did this one from imagination or perhaps it was a study for the large work called "Grapes of Tuscany." At any rate, the technique is fresh and full of energy, and the grapes feel like they are ready to fall off the branch and into a bowl. I can tell from the style this painting was probably 20 years ago, it wasn't until 2000 or so that I learned how to control those faded colour wash... you can see here they dried in places creating hard edges on the highlights. It kind of works though, the lighting effect is quite realistic.
Cold press, (1996?) 14 x 11 " Watercolour (No. 0023)
