Today’s painting was inspired by artist Leah Gardner
When I discovered some of her paintings on Pinterest,
I flipped over her use of dramatic lighting
Peach Jelly by Leah Gardner {oil painting}
I decided to try doing one of her lollipop paintings with watercolor
I took a screen shot of it and printed it for reference
I didn’t do a pencil sketch,
just dove in and began with the red pop,
then the blue and yellow,
leaving the highlight areas white
Next I added the shadows and lollipop sticks
the background was added around the pops
I used Dr. Martin’s Bleed Proof White to fix the red lollipop stick
It is a great thing to use to fix mistakes or add white highlights
More dark layers were painted on the pops
and it was done
“Lollipops” after Leah Gardner, 5″ x 6″ watercolor on 140 lb cold press paper
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