I meant to get the top of the pear in this shot, but I chopped off its head. Not by much, because Asian pears are apple-shaped, but enough to miss the interesting shadows in the area around where the stem had been seated. (I tried to find an Asian pear with its stem intact, but they had all been de-stemmed.)
Bartlett Pear (detail)
I like the way this one turned out. I’ve never really worked like this before. What I did was start with a layer of acrylic matte medium, then worked a little bit of acrylic paint into it, then blotted it with a baby wipe. I let that dry, then started again with another layer of medium, etc. As the layers built up, they started to look sort of watercolor-y.
The process was interesting, in that it went quickly, but I was able to work methodically. I enjoyed the control I had in applying the paint, but also the almost complete lack of control in how the excess was removed.
red paper boat 