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EDM7 - Vanilla Flavouring Watercolour Painting

Here is EDM 7 - Draw a bottle, jar or tin from the kitchen.  I tried drawing a jar of Tropical Sun Mollasses because of the colourful label but it wasn't very good. Then I tried Dunn's River Tropical Seasoning using watercolour pencils and wasn't too impressed with that either because I couldn't do the ellipticals properly.  I think I was both bored and tired when doing these.  See horrendous failed results below:

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Really bad aren't they? 

In the end I chose a tiny bottle of Vanilla Flavouring and this time I did a quick sketch and painted it using my trusted watercolours.  It felt right using watercolours because I'm more comfortable with them and I love to use Vanilla flavouring when I'm making pancakes at home. It turned out not bad. I think the combination of using a media I love and an item I love worked well for me.  Maybe art turns out better when you're depicting something or someone you have a connection to.  Here is the Vanilla Bottle:

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Posted on Friday, May 2, 2008 by Registered CommenterStacey-Ann in , | Comments4 Comments

Reader Comments (4)

Thanks Alan. I know I need to keep practising.
Friday, May 2, 2008 | Registered CommenterStacey-Ann
Just keep at it. Ellipses are hard to do. I have templates that I used when I was a draftsman 30 some years ago and I really have to not let the temptation take hold. They remain in the drawer and I just keep freehand ellipsing away. I like the way you manage the look of glass on the vanilla bottle
Friday, May 2, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterAlan
An impressive work, ellipses and all.
Friday, May 2, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterChristie
Love the vanila bottle. I'm sure your love of the flavor made everything more pleasureable.
Friday, May 2, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterShirley

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