Thursday 5 September 2013

Tomato sketch/drawing

This is a watercolour and pen sketch showing a cluster of tomatoes on a grafted tomato plant in my garden. I can't find its name tag so I am unable to tell you the exact name of the plant. It is something like a Roma. So far it has given me 55 tomatoes, and there are more coming. The fruit in this cluster were at various stages of ripeness. Although this sketch doesn't portray it, the plant is very large and thick, more like a bush.

I started the sketch in early morning. It was a challenge to capture the shadow patterns on the fruit because they changed quickly as the sun continued to rise. The colours in my paintbox were good for this subject though. After the sketch was partially painted, I just couldn't help myself, I had to include lines. I love line drawings!

Colours used are by M. Graham. They are: azo orange, azo yellow, napthol red, and dioxazine purple. The green is a mix of sap and azo yellow.
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  1. geraldine homenchuk5 September 2013 at 20:57

    Oh goody! Another offering from your garden! Love it, love it, love it!! I just love anything red too, so this was a tough "sell" - (not!) ... it's beautiful, Eileen. Job well done. The shapes, the shadows, the highlights and varying tones ... very exciting!! Can almost smell them!! Thank you so much again for sharing! Geraldine Homenchuk

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  2. Eileen Korponay6 September 2013 at 19:13

    Geraldine, thanks again for posting your comments about the tomato painting. I appreciate your feedback.

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  3. Anonymous6 September 2013 at 21:48

    I like how you captured the lights on these intriguing tomatoes. Your line drawings are very effective, Eileen. They do bring the the tomatoes into an eye-catching focus. Nicely done.

    Alice

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