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A little week ago, I got the challenge to paint an apple. And why not? I’ve painted an apple before, but at that time it was a digital painting and a realistic painting<\/a>. Of an apple. Not so this time. I wanted to challenge myself and paint in a style I usually don’t try \u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This is not an apple. It’s a painting of one<\/em>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I want to be able to paint looser, with rough brush strokes. Much like I did with my autumn-painting<\/a>, but even rougher, using larger brushes. Trying it with an apple, well, that seemed easy enough. Not that <\/em>much that can go wrong \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, first, a thin brush, to make the black outline. Or well, first covering the canvas in a light brown colour, and then <\/em>the outline. The next step was to find the main colours and drop them in, not worrying too much about getting it exactly right. Add some variations here and there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pink, yellow, orange, brown and red. That makes it a perfect red apple, right? And some dabs of different colours make the green leaves look a lot more detailed than what I painted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’m happy with it. I think I succeeded in what I set out to do.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I want to be able to paint looser, with rough brush strokes. Much like I did with my autumn-painting, but even rougher, using larger brushes. Trying it with an apple, well, that seemed easy enough. Not that much that can go wrong \ud83d\ude09 So, first, a thin brush, to make the black outline. 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