The theme of these still life paintings was food items, in this case, bananas sitting on a Xmas paper plate. Yellow can vary from warm to cool, its done by adjusting the tint with a dab of orange (PY110 or PO62), or a dab of green (PG36). The corresponding shadows are made with a dab of brown (PBr7) or a dab of dark green (PBk31). The paper plate turned our really well here.
Bananas xmas paper plate, watercolour 8 x 10" cold press, December 2025
Here are three fruits you may or may not recognize. The top left is called quince (from Turkiye), its a pear-like lumpy yellow fruit used for juice or other cooking applications. In the front, the orange thing that looks like a tomato is actually a persimmon (known as a kaki), it is very sweet and tastes like a mix of apple and banana flavours. On the right is an avocado. I included one of the porcelain plates with a plant print, and some of my location painting supplies in the top right.
Three fruits, watercolour 6.5 x 10" cold press, December 2025
Finally, this scene is looking down into our morning ground coffee tin, with the scoop upside-down. The tin itself has a fruit themed design on it, a still life painting. I did the coffee with three steps, first, brown colour washes, varying from orange brown to purplish brown, then applying a lot of dots, both dark and light, and finally, a thin wash of clear water to blur it slightly. The inside of the tin was reflecting different colours, ranging from neutral olive, grey and some yellowish tints.
Coffee grinds tin, watercolour 6 x 7.5" cold press, December 2025 (No. 4947b)
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