Apple Buckets

15x11 watercolor on Canson 140 lb cold press paper of a simple autumn apple gathering scene. These apples would make a great pie, cake, or fresh fruit. COPYRIGHT 2021 Kay Smith

Apple Buckets - completed

15x11 watercolor on Canson 140 lb cold press paper finished today from the work in progress.  Foreground is layered with midtones and darks, different values and strokes of grasses, leaves, and twigs.  More burnt sienna and quinacridone burnt orange added to shadow side of upright bucket with some splattering to indicate dings and dents.  Also I widened the apple tree trunk on the right side and glazed the bark with quin burnt orange.  Background leafy tree now has darker shadowed leaves on its left side.  Distant tree line on far right was put in for depth, distance and balance.  All in all am pleased with how this still life in a landscape turned out.
Image COPYRIGHT 2016 Kay Smith.

WIP - Apple Buckets

15x11 watercolor on Canson 140 lb cold press paper begun yesterday.  So almost done, just need foreground shadows over the grass and it is such a pretty yellow-green I hate to ruin it as shadows are not my strong suit.  The buckets were brightly colored in the photo ref but here I have changed them to rusty metal.  When this work in progress is finished I will post it on WetCanvas in the All Media Art Events forum in the current or just last Saturday's weekend drawing event.  The view here is at the 2 hour mark, where artists are asked to stop and document their progress.  Stay tuned.
Image COPYRIGHT 2016 Kay Smith.