Erika Lancaster

Watercolor Food Illustration: Realistic Burger and Fries

Oh my goodness, Lisa! Your piece turned out beautifully. You did a fantastic job choosing your colors and developing a strong range of values across all of the elements, which creates believable depth throughout the painting.Excellent work saving your highlights with masking fluid, and painting the white areas (paper and mayonnaise). They read as white, but still show depth thanks to the light gray values you've developed. Your textures are wonderful. The crispy, crinkly lettuce, the shiny metal container, the smooth tomato slices, etc. all feel distinct and convincing. I also really love the irregularity you built into the bread, and your sesame seeds turned out really well! Nicely observed planes on the french fries too! They definitely feel three-dimensional.Your background wash works beautifully with the focal elements in the foreground. I love how it repeats some of the colors from the main subject, while staying soft and unobtrusive, which helps keep the burger and fries as the focal point. Both your background wash and your table washes are really well done. There is no texture or splotchiness, which shows great water and brush control. Congratulations on completing this piece. It’s a challenging project, and you absolutely succeeded. Thank you so much for taking my course and for sharing your work here. If you have any questions at all, please feel free to reach out anytime. I'm always happy to help. :) Enjoy your art practice!

Thank you SO much for all the feedback.  It was such a fun class. I love how you explain WHY you do things.  It's so helpful.

I’m so happy to hear that. Thank you so much for sharing, Lisa. It really helps me know I’m moving in the right direction. I appreciate you so much. Enjoy your practice!

Burger and Fries for Lunch!
<img srcset="https://static.skillshare.com/uploads/discussion/tmp/dadf15b4.jpg 600w, https://static.skillshare.com/uploads/discussion/tmp/dadf15b4.jpg 1000w" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 600px, 100vw" src="https://static.skillshare.com/uploads/discussion/tmp/dadf15b4.jpg" loading="lazy" alt="Burger and Fries - image 1 - student project">

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