Foxton Friday Live - Lumpy Squash: How to simplify the Form with only Three Colours

Going to be painting this little squash on a 5 × 7 panel. IT’s a good opportunity to study simplification of light and shadow shapes (i.e., ignoring the little bobbles to start with) and then refining down to the smaller forms.
The little bobbles are a microcosm of the large shape, with the same light and shadwo colours.
Once the background is laid in, I’ll be mixing three colours:
light
half tone
shadow
And using those to paint the whole thing! (with a ltitle blending and some highlights etc of course).
Let’s see how little we can paint to make the form live.

[@aiguebelette]

Excellent demo ❤

[@tericarter2886]

Hi Paul Great Video Also, I am looking to rewatch the video where you put lots of texture in the background --even pressing something into the paint Can you direct me to the video please ?

[@LinDen7647]

The top left corner of the squash is quite different in shape than the photo….otherwise great….

[@PaulFoxton]

Yes indeed. But that only matters if the goal is to perfectly recreate the photo. Which it isn't :) The bumps are all different too.