Hello everyone! It has been a long time since I have posted any of my artwork. So today, I am going to show you a water-color painting of a nature topic. Nature does not only mean painting landscapes, but it can be that of any natural object like flowers, fruits, vegetables, plants, etc. I have already posted a still life painting and a couple of pencil sketch portraits before. If you haven’t yet checked them out, please do so. But for now, let’s get going:
Nature Painting – Cabbage:
As you can see above, I have made a water-color painting of a cabbage. For the cabbage itself, I have used a combination of olive green, dark green, light green, lemon yellow, yellow ochre, black, and white. I first started out by creating a base by putting a layer of the darkest shade I was going to use, and then slowly worked my way towards the brighter areas. I know that the use of yellow ochre might sound a little strange, but it actually complements the green and takes away some of the light green’s excessive brightness. It gives a little more realistic look to the object. I have painted the veins of the cabbage using white paint with a lot of water, to achieve the transparency.
Nature Paintings, like still life, come out best when you actually have the object in front of you. You can then study the highlights and shadows on the object, along with the finer details, more carefully. You must take into consideration the current state of the object while you are painting. In my case, the cabbage was a few days old and therefore the leaves are a little paler than those of a fresh one. I have used a minimum of black and more of olive green to create the shadows, as too much of black can be quite intense. For the highlights, I have used a white color pencil around the edges. The reason why I have used a dull single tone in the background is to make the actual object shine and take center stage. Using bright colors for the background actually are a little distracting and the overall effect is not as great.
I hope you liked the painting and found some of the tips that I gave, useful. If you liked this post, I would recommend you to check out my other art and stories, if you haven’t already. Please subscribe if you haven’t already. It’s totally free. Stay tuned for more content, and until then, Goodbye!