Fearless Friday, Garden Tomatoes
Since I’m vacationing with my family this week,
I am resharing a watercolor tutorial for tomatoes
After flowers,
food is my second favorite subject to draw and paint,
especially tomatoes
The stores and produce stands are filling up with fat juicy summer tomatoes
so grab some and before you eat them,
paint them!
These tomatoes came from my neighbors garden
Before I made Summer Tomato Slab Pie
I took a photo of the beautiful garden tomatoes
so I could paint them
If you look closely you can see many different colors
on what at first glance is a simple red tomato
So many different shades of red, plus yellow, orange,
lime, brownish green, and very white highlights
I started with a very light pencil sketch to establish the composition,
and began with some very pale yellows
Next, some orange areas
Then reds
This is the mini easel I use when I paint on the porch,
and I keep the reference photo and a color chart close by
I like to work all areas of a painting at once,
it helps build form and colors uniformly
Deepening the tones, and working on the stem areas
Now more reds, and I even used a touch of purple
to darken some of the areas
Final touches…
A little green for the background
Garden Tomatoes is available as a framed print here,
and you have options of 6 different frame colors and print sizes
Memorial Day Sale going on this week ~
Art prints are 40% off!
Or maybe you need a tote bag for the farmer’s market
Or a pillow for your porch…pillows come in 4 sizes and 2 styles
Garden Tomatoes in available on 17 other products as well,
when you click on the red highlighted words
it will take you to one of the garden tomato products pages
Scroll down to the very bottom of the page
and it will display photos of all the products the design is available on
Wall art is 40% off this week for Memorial Day!
I’m not much of a gardener, but I love to paint tomatoes!
Tomato with colored pencil
Happy Creating,
have fun and Be Fearless!
Tomatoes with markers
I will be joining these fabulous parties and blogs:
Sundays on Silverado Love Your Creativity Over the Moon
Between Naps on the Porch, Celebrate Your Story,
All About Home/ Common Ground Follow the Yellow Brick Home
Tasty Tuesday Oh My Heartsie Girl Turn About Tuesday
Full Plate Thursday Centerpiece Wednesday Creatively Crafty
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Beautiful and so vivid bright! I love it. Enjoy your vacation, Jenna.
Thanks Angie, my neighbor that brought them to me moved, I sure miss his garden!
So fun and so bright with yummy color!
Have fun with your family dear Jenna!
Thank you Nancy, have a wonderful Memorial Day!
The tomatoes remind me that summer has arrived in the South. Enjoy your time with family!
Yes, bring on the corn and tomatoes!
Beautiful Jenna! Enjoy your time at the beach house. 🙂
Thanks Martha!
I love your tomato painting. I admire you for your watercolor mad skills. Trip and I are growing Cherokee purple tomatoes, and they are growing like crazy! We’ll share some with you when they’re ripe.
Thank you! I don’t know if I’ve ever seen Cherokee purple tomatoes…one of my grandsons eats cherry tomatoes like candy, we have some growing in Bham and he eats them before we can even bring them inside!
Beautiful, Jenna! Enjoy your vacation!
Thanks Patty Anne!
I need to revisit this one with my paints out! It’s a favorite! (So are tomatoes!)
Thanks Jeanie, Happy Painting!
Ii love how you paint the reflections. Have fun on your vacation!
I just love to paint tomatoes because of the color variations, thanks Leslie Anne!
Enjoy your vacation!
Beautiful Jenna! ♥
Jenna, love how you talk us through the process including the range of colors. The touch of purple baffled me, but I can see how well it works. Thanks for sharing at the FWF link party, and I hope you have a nice vacation break.
Thanks so much Rachelle!
I hope you’re having a grand time! Loved the tomato tutorial. They’re just lovely in form…such variety in color and shape and when you cut them open the structure is wonderful. Very inspiring, thank you!
Thanks so much Lydia, I love to paint tomatoes!