This is a paint along course where I will cover some basic techniques to achieve a beautiful realistic still life impressionist style painting of some cherries. Still life is a great way to exercise your brushwork and by painting cherries you can expand your painting skills and learn a lot about lighting and reflections. Molding the shape of the cherries with your brush and exploring blending techniques will do wonders for your overall control. This step by step process is all in real-time and there is something to gain for all levels, especially beginners and intermediate painters.
These small paintings are perfect for enhancing creativity when trying to achieve that painterly look that everyone just loves. That’s why, even though the canvas is pretty small, we’ll be using mainly larger brushes to move the paint around and very rarely the small detail brush. In the end, the painting will appear loose, confident and will deliver great impact.
We will focus on the cherries and getting vivid and realistic colors to blend beautifully with each other but don’t be afraid to experiment and play around with the color variation. Use the palette knife if you feel it helps, use only large brushes if you want and skip the small ones, or paint the cherries a different color. It’s all about having fun.
