Hi, I’m Eugenia and I will be your teacher for today’s class. I am a watercolour enthusiast who mainly focuses on food illustration. This class is a step-by-step paint through of a food illustration; Blackberry Jam on Toast. Today’s class is a request from a lot of my past students and YouTube followers, after watching a speedpaint of it on my channel a while back, and so I decided to turn this into a full class so the steps are more manageable to follow.
I will be painting at a slow pace while talking to you and informing you in each individual steps in hopes that students are able to paint along. But it is recommended for students to watch the lessons individually before painting along, as it will be easier to digest the information when students know what to expect from certain lessons. Another tip for this class, if students choose to paint along as they watch is to pause in each step, so they are able to watch and have time to paint it themselves in their own time before moving along to the next step.
Here is the class outline of the smaller lessons:
01. INTRODUCTION
An introduction to the class and a list of the class outline as well short clips of lesson previews from start to finish
02. SUPPLIES
A list of the art supplies used to complete the final painting in this class
03.TRACING
You can draw your own toast but, there will also be a downloadable pattern/outline of the illustration, which you can trace out.
04. MASKING
Prepping of the illustration by masking off small elements
05. I. BASE COLOUR
Painting the base colour of the whole toast
06. II. BASE COLOUR: CRUMBS
Separating the toast between the crumbs and crust
07. III. BASE COLOUR: CRUST
Prepping the base colour of crust
08. I. TOASTY TEXTURE
Adding a layer of golden brown colour to the sides of the crumbs
09. II. TEXTURE: CRUMB STRUCTURE
Painting the holes of the crumb structure
10. III. TEXTURE: CORNERS
Adding detailed texture to the crumb structure along the side of the toast
11. IV. TEXTURE: SHADOWS IN CRUMB STRUCTURE
Details of shadows within the holes of the crumb texture
12. CRUST DETAILS
Identifying the folds and texture of the crust and enhancing the shapes
13. JAM
Painting the base colours of the jam along with additional textures
14. JAM REFLECTION AND HIGHLIGHTS
Building form of the jam by adding several layers of reflection and highlights followed with shadows to enhance the texture
15. CLEANING MASKING FLUID
Revealing the smaller elements that was previously masked off
16. LEAVES
Painting the leaves from start to finish
17. ALMONDS
Painting the golden brown almonds from start to finish
18. SHADOWS OF LEAVES AND ALMONDS
Enhancing additional elements of the dish by adding shadows
19. DRY BRUSH ON CRUST
Painting the residual flour that’s sometimes left on the crust for additional texture and character
20. ACCENT: DOTS
An optional addition as accent to give dynamic elements to the painting
21. CLOSING AND CLASS PROJECT
Conclusion and introduction to the class project
* I hope everyone will enjoy this class and learn something new after following and painting along! Happy painting to you all! :))
** My health condition wasn't the best while I was filming this, and I suffer from eczema on my hands, I apologise in advance if any of you are distracted by my dry skin in this class, please let me know if it does, and I'll try to wear gloves next time. If not, I really really appreciate your understanding <3**
