I have illustrated so many fruits, that it’s fun to select groups of them to share. I have been a food illustrator for over 30 years. For this post, I’ve chosen plums and pomegranates. These illustrations were used on labels for yogurt, baby food, juice, jam and vitamins.
Plums are similar to grapes with their powdery surface. I used a light gray colored pencil over my watercolor painting; the bluish cast was useful to portray that effect.
This painting was early in my career. Later on, I became much better at painting prunes. Compare this with my later illustration below.
Seeing these prunes close up, shows how abstract they become. There are many colors to be found within them. I especially loved the deep burgundy.
The pomegranates illustrated here were created later in my career. For the last few illustrations, I painted over a digital rendering that I generated on my computer and was definitely more photorealistic. The computer was extremely useful composing my painting and allowed for clients to give great input before I painted anything.
An example of my photo-reference shows how much improvement was needed!
I have a blog where I describe my technique and have a lot more information. It is at:
http://foodartist.wordpress.com
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March 9, 2013 at 7:53 pm
mmmm so juicy! those pomegranates look so delicious haha!