Fearless Friday, Painted Fruit with Simple Strokes
I have been in a glass painting mood lately
Today we’re going to paint
watermelon, lemons, and limes
with just a few simple strokes
If you can paint a triangle, you’re all set!
For watermelon I use white, pink and a touch of red for the fruit
and yellow and green for the rind
To paint the watermelon,
load your brush with pink, white, and red
by dipping your brush in pink, then white,
then a touch of red, then back to pink
Loading your brush with several colors
allows the colors to mix as they’re applied
which adds shadows and interest
Using a medium round brush,
make angled one stroke, then another,
to form the sides of the triangle
Add a stroke across the bottom and fill in the center
Let it dry then make a swoosh with light yellow green for the rind
Then a darker swoosh of green on top of the yellow green
letting a strip of yellow green show
between the pink and the darker green,
forming the rind
Dip the tip of a brush handle into black
and add “seeds” with black dots
Paint a pitcher or some glasses to use for summer dining!
For the lemons and limes make three strokes
of white/yellow or white/yellow-green
to look like the sections of the citrus
I always keep a sheet of tin foil near my palette
because it’s slick like glass
I use it to test the colors and practice the strokes
before I apply them
Place 3 of these strokes together, one standing straight,
then one on each side at a slight angle
Then add a bottom swoosh stroke of yellow or green for the rind
You can also a paint citrus fruit slices
by painting round light yellow, orange and green shapes
Outline them with the darker rind color
and add suggestions of sections with small lines
On the pitcher below
I painted slices and also whole lemons and limes
For the finishing touch add dots to represent the seeds
I painted these glasses to use with watermelon and citrus plates
Paint a lemon pitcher for your lemonade!
Special Tips for Glass Painting
- Always use a curable paint that is made for painting on glass. Curable means after the paint has dried for 24 hours, it is baked in the oven to make the glass safe for washing and top rack dishwasher safe. I use a Folk Art glass enamel available on Amazon here. It is not food safe so only use it on the edges of plates and platters if using for food
- Practice your strokes on a piece of tin foil as it is slick like glass or ceramics
- Keep a rag, Q-tips and clean water near by in case you make a mistake, you can wipe the paint right off before it dries and try again
- Make dots by using the tip of the brush handle and dip it in paint then dab it on the surface. You can also use the eraser end of a pencil for larger dots
- Use a lazy Susan to easily access all sides of the object you are painting
Be Fearless!
To see a tutorial on how to paint Watermelon Chargers click here
To see a tutorial on painting Tropical Glasses click here
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I love these, Jenna. They’re all so charming and festive and such fun! What a happy table these will make!
Thanks so much Jeanie!
Very summery and fun!
thanks Dorothy, have a great weekend!
Jenna, I love all of these and they are great for spring and summer entertaining. You make it look so easy! Happy Weekend!
Thank you Pam!
Spring and summer are on the way at your house! Such pretty glassware!
Thank you Linda, have a great weekend!
So festive Jenna and perfect for summer entertaining! Happy Weekend ♥
Thank you Mary!
Such fun painted glassware. Summer is coming and these are just perfect for entertaining. Happy weekend Jenna.
Thank you Linda, yes summer is on the horizon, yay!
You are so very talented!
Thank you Mary!
Jenna, so pretty for summer and perfect for entertaining! You do make it look so easy – a “swoosh” here and another “swoosh” there – I had a chuckle over that. What fun! Have a lovely week down there!
Thank you so much Kim!
These are beautiful, you did a great job here 🙂
Thanks so much!
Wonderful and love to see others artistic work, as I am not the artistic one.
I visited you via Spring Style and the TFT Blog Hop
If you are not already part of SSPS, this is a personal invite to hop over and come and share your posts with us at Senior Salon Pit Stop, every Monday to Saturday.
See my entries: 37+38+39 and then navigate to the bottom of my page for the Senior Salon Pit Stop linkup, we hope to meet you there virtually.
Thank you Esme, I will try to stop by!
Thank you so much, I will keep an eye out for your entries.
Have you tried other kinds of glass paints?
I used to use Liquitex Glossies but they are discontinued, so now I use the folk art ones, and haven’t tried any others. Do you have a suggestion?