Daily Watercolor Painting - 5 Pears

Being the holiday season and I have a few days before I post, I painted a larger watercolor than usual.  It is a watercolor painting of five pears and it measures 7.5 inches by 22 inches.  I was lots of fun although it has taken me much time in painting each pear.  After all the pears has been painted, each pear is taped to cover the rest of the painting.  Watercolor paint was then applied by flicking a tooth brush with dark watercolor.  It was a time consuming process.  After all the pears are done and dried, a background is painted using gradated wash and the bottom was painted with a value to demonstrate a table effect where the pears are sitted.  Last but not least, the shadow is being paintined on with a watercolor wash.