Now lets talk alittle about those water or dew drops you see throughout my paintings.  I like to call it my "bling".  The sparkly additions add just that little something that brings incredible focus and clarity to a painting.  It's like a fine sports car with just the right touch of chrome.  Enough to catch your eye and pull you into the painting for a closer look.  Then you begin to admire the extra's, the details, the texture, the shadow play.

Under close examination of a water drop, you will note a few characteristics that they all hold, but remember, each drop is not a mirror of its cousin, but close enough for you to tell they are family.

Here I give several examples.

This is how I begin the process.  I mix a color that is close to a nearby shadow.  The drop has a dark area towards the direction of light, then a cast shadow.  These are now put in. 

Shadow color added.  This is a view of the pears/grapes painting.  This is the left pear in the painting. 

(The drops are centered in the picture at the top and bottom of the pear).

(These photo's are actually very large in the ebook.  But for page loading speed, they have been down sized.  And like they say,  a picture is worth a thousand words, especially if it's a closeup!)

Now we add the highlights to the drop.  This is a mixture that is close to your brightest reflection.  Usually open white with a touch of yellow to simulate sunlight.  In this case, I also used a little green.

    (left) Another start for a dew drop.

(right) the highlights added. 

The shadow colors added.

  A few more added to the middle pear.

  The highlights then added.

Other details on the pear were placed during the second color layer.  This is another example of the beauty in this technique.  Should you dislike something at this stage.  All is not lost.  You wipe off your mistake and do over.  The original painting underneath is preserved.  Here are some additional closeups of dew drops on the grapes. Take note of the highlights, cast shadow, and drops interior blending.

shadow colors added to a drop at the neck of the pear.  Then blended and feathered out.

Then the highlights added with subsequent blending and feathering out. 

And how the completed pears look further back from the piece.  

The completed painting.

 Hopefully, this lesson on dew drops was helpful.  Feel free to email me should you have questions. 

So you see, the instructions here are for just dew drops.  Imagine the paintings you will be producing in the future.  Try my instructional book!  No obligation or risk.  If your not happy with it, I'll refund your money.  Give it a try!  Order now!