Is watching grapes get painted about the same as watching paint dry on a fence?
Don’t answer that!
Outlining the grapes first seemed like the right approach.I wanted to start filling them in before the outlines were finished, but restrained myself.Sometimes it is easier to support my hand in a different position. Besides, to draw a circle, it is best to be on the inside of the circle.I filled them in from top to bottom, and for the most part, I just ignored the photo. And grapes come in all sorts of shades of purple, violet, red-violet, greenish purple (gurple), so no matter what I do within those boundaries, it will be believable.And kept rotating the canvas as I went.
When this is dryer, I will add brighter sunshine on the edges of some of the grapes. That contrast is what made me go for my camera when I saw these grapes.
And now it is dryer, and I am finished! Looks better right side up, yes?
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Welcome, The Other Melinda! Thank you for appreciating my gurple grapes. The friend I did this for was someone I met at Hartland in 5th grade – now that’s amazing!
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I love your “gurple” grapes. Painting looks 3 dimensional. Amazing!
Welcome, The Other Melinda! Thank you for appreciating my gurple grapes. The friend I did this for was someone I met at Hartland in 5th grade – now that’s amazing!
Jana,
Loved the grapes!
Aw shucks, thank you, Jill! OF COURSE you like grapes – your grape business is how we met about 25 years ago!
Love the grapes- beautiful!!!
Thank you, Sally! Grapes are magical in many ways – and I’ve been eating them like they are going out of style. 😎
Quite simply Beautiful!
Thank you, Louise! It was surprisingly fun to paint all those little pinky-reddish-purple shapes.
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