when your name is carol, and you have just painted your first piece of cherry pie, you think there is nothing you can't do

I have been bitten by the gouache bug.  Bit HARD.  You can probably tell.  Seeing as I have done show and tell 4 times in the last 7 posts, and prior to that there had been no show and no tell for quite some time because there had been no painting. 

I have moved on from cake, beets, donuts, and peppers, to fruits.  More specifically cherries and bananas.  Not together.  Not yet.  This is my first attempt at cherry pie. 

I started out with practice drawing ahead of time.  Thanks sister for that invaluable little piece of advice.  It helps me to figure out in advance which ways lines should go to give a slightly proper perspective.  

Then I painted out the pie and threw on some paint until I was semi satisfied, then added just a bit more.  Because I thought I should. 

 

Once that was done I walked into the kitchen and spotted the banana.  When your name is Carol, and you have just painted your first piece of cherry pie, you think there is nothing you can't do.   So the banana it was. 

Again there was practice sketching, then I drew the banana "for real" with a micron pen and painted the background first and then painted in the banana.

When Chris came home from work I told him I was probably going to do a whole series of fruits and have them framed to go in the dining room.  He was extremely enthusiastic about the idea.   He may have jumped up and down and did a fist pump even. 

Comments

[Debbie]

Fabulous! 👊🏽 😄

[Emie]

Well... if you have to get bitten by a bug, this is a fun one to be bitten by (and there's no itching included)!!! Great stuff!

[isabelledj]

BRAVO !
"the skin is not bad, you understood the need to draw the right smooth and broken lines for curves ... draw pulp now", my teacher said the first time i draw a banana in a painting class.
Your sister is a GENIUS, she teaches you well. You saved ten bucks ... to use in Sweden !

[jacki long]

Excellent! Love them all !

[Anje]

O my stars! You even drew in the Sugar sprinkles on that pie! And the oozey goodness of the cherries spilling out in a sticky puddle on the plate! And how about that subtLe shadow? OK I confess I blew up the pic to see details! If I dream of cherry pie tonight I'll blame you.lol. sheesh and banana! More show n tell please. I cant wait til you and ms Mam do lingo berries!

[Diana]

That pie painting is perfection and is making me crave cherry pie!

[sister]

t shirt. that pie needs to be on a tshirt!!!

[Cynthia]

I agree with Diana, the pie painting is fabulous and I too am now craving cherry pie. Well done!!