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Apple
Watercolour pencil painting · 2026-10-10

Apple

Values3/5

Reads as round: dark edges, a warm light side and a highlight.

Colour mixing3/5

Layered orange → red → crimson on the apple. The leaf is one flat green.

Edges2/5

The outline is the same hard edge all the way round. Softening the shadow side would help it turn.

Drawing & shape3/5

A convincing apple shape and stalk.

Composition2/5

It floats: there is no cast shadow or surface.

Scores are 1–5: 1 not yet, 2 emerging, 3 developing, 4 controlled, 5 expressive.