Painting Practice

I took this photograph on August 5th this year.

These are the first blackberries on the little bush that I planted two years ago. With encouragement from my online friends, I thought I would have a go at painting it.

I used my Koh-I-Noor paints, and what luscious colours they are. 

I'm quite pleased with what I did, but had some problems mixing sufficient of the green paint in one go. Also, I'm not overly keen on the background, but have been given an idea by Pam Robinson that I am going to try. I will update this post with a new picture if I am successful.

Edited to add tweaked image:

As you can see I added some splats, which were Pam Robinson's idea, but I also added some darklights on the berries and stems as suggested by my blog friend Tracey Fetcher King who just happens to be a most amazing artist with mucho patience for giving me advice. So thank you Tracey ((hugs)) and thank you Pamikins ((hugs)). I am much happier with it now and can see how the additions have helped.

Now, what's next?........... ;-)

Until next time..............

................thanks for popping by to say 'Hi' ((hugs))