Hello! Today, I present a painting of a pear I made some time ago. I always wanted to become better at using watercolours, but found this medium to be too hard to control and unpredictable overall, especially comparing to acrylics. At first, I just tried to get a better understanding of the basics, so I enrolled in a short, yet very effective online course from Michele Webber - "Basic Watercolor Techniques." Afterwards, feeling like I could probably tackle something more complicated, yet not feeling confident in terms of painting something completely original, I decided to try one of Anna Mason's tutorials - The Pear, as I like botanical subject matter and how her paintings turn out. The fact that this tutorial was free and the painting itself did not seem too complicated was an added bonus.
Although Anna provided a comprehensive list of needed materials and paint colours, I just used what I already had available, i.e. my own brushes, Arches Hot Pressed Watercolor paper and Roman Szmal paints.
Because I painted this a while back, and I treated it as a practice painting, I only took one 'in progress' photo of the pear:
And here is the finished painting:
Overall, it definitely wasn't too hard, yet challenging enough for a watercolour beginner to get a satisfying learning and fun experience.
Wishing everyone a nice day. See you in the next post.
