Weekly Study #2: Pumpkin

To paint this pumpkin, I took Anna Mason’s pumpkin tutorial. I had fun using the stippling technique to create the pumpkin’s wonderfully uneven texture.

My favorite part was slowly building the color in translucent layers—beginning with a very pale yellow, moving through warm shades of orange and finishing with deeper orange-brown tones and shadows. I love watching a painting gradually take shape through all those small layers and details.

To see how I did this check out my (not so great!) video below or visit my Instagram for all my weekly study videos.

Details

• Hand-painted watercolor

• Size 5” x 7”

• Paper: Arches cold pressed, 100% cotton watercolor paper

• Paint: Windsor & Newton Professional Watercolor

• Brush: Princeton round Velvetouch 3