Canadian Watercolour and Chalk Pastel Artist

I am happy with the latest apple - bottom left. For light green spots, I applied Friskit with a toothpick over the already dry green wash. It's amazing how many reds are in that apple: * Winsor Red Deep * Cadmium Red * Opera Rose I also used Quinacridone Gold and some Burnt Sienna for the warmer side. And, finally .... to cool down the top left of the apple, I washed with some Cerulean Blue. #watercolour #HildaVanNetten #apples

So, the fun for me is always figuring out how to achieve a realistic painting that I like. Two things work for me. 1. "Pushing the colour". If I see a colour, I choose to paint more of it. Any hint of a colour, I find it and paint it. 2. "Lost edges". Example on this painting. Look at the painting and tell me where your eyes rest. For me, it is the space at the bottom of the left apple where you can't really tell where the apple ends and the background begins. That's