gouache original | eastwitching

For a bit of fun I decided that I would have a go at painting a bunch of beetroots in gouache - in an illustrative, quirky style.

I drew the beets right onto the stretched watercolor paper freehand without too much detail.

Then I painted in the beetroots using purple reds.

GOUACHE WINS -

over watercolour in that you can add light hues over darks.

This is a real joy to me and so I revelled in adding paler whitish purples on top of the deep ones - FUN!

After I had finished the leaves I left it for a day or two.

ORANGE!!

I kept getting orange red coming into my head whenever I thought about the painting - especially when out walking the dog.

So I bit the bullet and blocked in a very orange red colour - adding splashes of water and of white to break the solidity up a bit.

I hope you like the result!

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