Erika Lancaster

Lebensmittelillustration in Aquarell: Realistische Burger und Pommes Frites

Susan, your burger and fries illustration turned out incredibly well! You’ve done a wonderful job building your layers to create realistic depth throughout the entire composition, while keeping that beautiful watercolor glow. You also did an excellent job developing a wide range of textures, from reflective metal to crispy/crinkly lettuce, juicy meat, smooth tomato slices, and soft bread. The bread looks really good, with its subtle irregular surface conveyed through gentle tonal shifts.Your use of masking fluid was careful and intentional, creating small, delicate highlights that really enhance the realism. You also handled the paper and mayonnaise beautifully. Painting whites is always tricky, and you succeeded by letting the paper itself play an important role in conveying light and hue in those areas.I can tell you were thinking about the three-dimensional structure and plane changes in the fries as you developed the values. Finally, the variegated background wash and the table wash are both very well done. Those soft effects allow the main elements to shine and bring harmony to the composition through the repetition of color.Beautiful work all around! This is a very complex piece that requires a lot of patience, and I want to congratulate you for pushing through.  Thank you so much for checking out this course and for sharing here, as well as on Instagram! It means a lot. Wish you wonderful holidays and enjoy your practice!

Thank you so much for your thoughtful critique - so fun reading all of this.  It's enough to make me want to paint every one of your tutorials!!!

Happy it was helpful, Susan! :) Hope you enjoy and get a lot from whichever course you choose to delve into. If you have any questions, feel free to reach out at any time. I'm always happy to help. 

Love your rendition!!!  So much fun painting with you!

I was so happy to learn that you painted this one together! 

Such a fun class. This was great. I love how you explain everything. I have not painted much in a while, and this was so much fun! Thank you!
<img srcset="https://static.skillshare.com/uploads/discussion/tmp/dd42eb0e.jpg 600w, https://static.skillshare.com/uploads/discussion/tmp/dd42eb0e.jpg 1000w" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 600px, 100vw" src="https://static.skillshare.com/uploads/discussion/tmp/dd42eb0e.jpg" loading="lazy" alt="Cheeseburger in Paradise - image 1 - student project">

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