• Tile 12" x 16"
• Palette:
  Shell Pink
  American Beauty
  Dark Crimson Rose
  Dark Purple
  Banding Blue
  Apple Green
  Dark Shading Green
  Mixing Yellow
  Pecan
  Harvest Gold
  Warm Gray
  

Trace pattern and apply to porcelain.(click here for pattern)

Pink Grapes:
Wash Shell Pink onto pink grapes. Establish medium value pinks using American Beauty.

Purple Grapes:
Using Dark Purple start establishing the purple grapes. Banding Blue is in the lighter areas of the purple grapes.

Wipe out main hi-lights and reflected lights on most pink and purple grapes.

Leaves:
Apply Dark Shading Green, Pecan, and Banding Blue all very lightly. Wipe out hi-lights.

Small Green Grapes:
Apply Apple Green very lightly. Wipe out hi-lights.

Branches, Stems and Tendrils:
Apply Dark Shading Green very lightly. Wipe out hi-lights. Lightly add some Dark Purple on stems and tendrils. The main branch has more purple than green. Again wipe out hi-lights as needed.

Shadow leaves:
Banding Blue and Dark Purple are both applied very lightly. Wipe out hi-lights.

Shadow Grapes:
Banding Blue and Purple applied very softly. Wipe out hi-lights in a few. American Beauty applied very softly. Wipe out hi-lights in a few. Fire 015

Apply Dark Crimson Rose on pink grapes. Warm Gray is streaked diagonally in the background. Add more shadow leaves if needed. Use Banding Blue and Dark Purple on purple grapes to increase depth.

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Leaves:
Dark Shading Green with a little Warm Gray mixed in. Dark Purple, Banding Blue and Antique Green applied here and there.

Background:
Lightly streak Banding Blue and Dark Purple diagonally.

Pink Grapes:
Apply Dark Crimson Rose in the shadows and on darker areas of some grapes. Lightly apply American Beauty in the reflected light areas. Lightly apply washes of Dark Purple reflecting onto the pink grapes. Very lightly apply Banding Blue in the hi-light areas. Gently wipe out some Hi-lights.

Purple Grapes:
Reinforce dark areas with Banding Blue and Dark Purple. Lightly apply washes of American Beauty reflecting onto the purple grapes. Lightly apply American Beauty in the reflected light areas. Very lightly apply Banding Blue in the hi-light areas. Gently wipe out hi-light areas.

Green Grapes:
Shade lightly with Dark Shading Green.

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Leaves:
Using Dark Shading Green increase darks if needed. Can use a touch of Dark Purple if needed.

Lower Background:
Lightly apply Mixing Yellow. Add touches of Pecan under the pink grapes.

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This is optional. If you like the grapes with pure color then leave them the way they are. If you want the purple toned down and the grapes to go more into the background, then apply this step. Going from the top to the bottom lightly wash Pecan in the upper area, then lightly wash Harvest Gold going down, then apply Mixing Yellow very lightly in the lower area. Wipe out most of the hi-lights.

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Thank you,
Tami Durbin

Note from Marci: I have resized the 4 paintings Tami sent and have put them all here below side by side so it is easier to see how changing the colors totally changes the painting.