"Quadruplets" (Bananas - Step 4)

Watercolor on watercolor paper - 6 1/2" x 9 1/2" (SOLD)

Finally, it's finished! Thank God!!

In the previous stage, I mentioned the yellow bananas were not looking quite right. The overly brown shadows were adjusted but it didn't help. The artwork was a goner as far as I was concerned. It was going to be cut up and the back used as scrap paper.

I should've made the bananas green right from the start, I thought. Since I literally was going to throw this painting out it couldn't hurt changing the color of the fruit just to see how they'd look, right?

So after applying several green watercolor washes over the yellow bananas....poof!....now they were green. I really liked the change and began rebuilding the bananas in additional green tones. I dulled down the background even further and darkened the shadows underneath the bananas.

It now had some serious potential and after all the finishing touches were in place this still life was officially saved!

The final painting still has bold colors like I wanted....just greens instead of yellows.

One other thing to note. I always sign my art in the lower right hand corner. Due to the composition of the artwork that just wasn't possible. I ended up having to place my signature in the lower left hand side, which looks odd to me, but I guess I'm not use to it.

In the end, I'm just glad it's all done and that my hard work and tenacity paid off.