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Having ben urged to try excercises of tomatoes and teapots I have made a start. Here's my tomato, first pass. I like the effort as it turns out, but thought I'd post for critiquing.
I think what's wrong: the stem is clumsy, should have been omitted. The leaves are essential but clumsy. The outline is clumsy. The shadow makes it look as if the tomato is standing in water - perhaps good if it it was, but it wasnt! The background is ugly.
Other than practice at the techniques I have used to get this, what advice would you give me to improve what I have done? I have now looked at other tomatoes in watercolours and there are some great 'interpretations' but I was trying to be faithful to the tomato.
Finally, I am posting this to get help and to encourage others - I could have gone PM I guess: would 'real' artists hereon prefer I did that or am I okay to carry on like this?
Thanks
all
David
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You carry on carrying on - it can only help others.
I've seen stems like that, that's OK. There are some less happy features - the comparatively watery reflection which does make it look a little bit as though it's sitting in a ramekin of blancmange - but it's a study, an exercise; doesn't matter. Keep doing these, and whatever else you fancy. Depending on the surface into which the Tom casts a reflection, it's likely to be somewhat duller and darker than the object reflected, but not necessarily weaker: and the reflection is a bit too big, too wide.
Do more .... keep at it ..... Try to work from life where you can.
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Hookers sap or Olive - all great greens but I never use them 'raw' - I add various other colours to ring the changes ( either singly or in combination) such as lemon yellow for a fresh green grass . burnt sienna for a more subdued green, ultramarine for darker shades etc etc It's worth trying it out on a practice sheet just to see what can be achieved.