Fruit Compositions - Alexa Meade experiments

Using my own photography from earlier in the year I used oil pastels and drew on top of these pictures. This is because one of my artists, Alexa Meade, not only paints on people but also still life objects including fruit.

I used similar colours to the original fruits so to experiment further I tried using different colours to those used in the original.

Here I used oil pastels again, in the secondary colours purple and orange and to further add detail I used the primary colour yellow and pink.

I really liked the way this turned out as it brings more interest in due to the contrast in colours, compared to the original which was simply green and darker green.

After these initial experiments I wanted to refine my work but using macro photography and focusing on detailed texture, lines, and tone, rather than general drawings.

Here are the images I took:

I chose the following overall as these had the most contrast with colour and I felt would create the most exciting pieces.