I am ready for the summer warmth and sun so I designed a watermelon wedge to share with all of you. I will also show you how to add a full watermelon to your page.
I used R22, R24, R29, YG13, YG17 and 110 (special black) on my watermelon wedge. Any black will work including a sketch pen or any other marker, for that matter. I added YG0000 and YG11 to the other YG’s to complete my full watermelon and used a Multi-liner to draw the outline.
Here is the page of wedges ready to print out. I used the blank space on my page to add a couple full circles with my Multi-liner that will become my full melon. Click here to download printable.
Step #1
Using R22, fill in the majority of the meat of the watermelon wedge. I am not worried about going over the seeds. I will be turning them black so it will cover the red.
Step #2
Using R24, feather from the rind inward on the meat of the melon.
Step #3
I added one more shade of red with my R29, again feathering from the rind inward on the melon.
Step #4
Using first the R24 and then the R22, blend the three reds together.
Step #5
Use your YG13 to fill in the outer skin of the watermelon.
Step #6
I added just a stripe of YG17 to the very outer edge of the watermelon and blended it back in with my YG13.
Step #7
To finish my wedge I filled in the seeds with black.
Step #8
I drew a simple circle with my Multi-liner on my cardstock.
Step #9
Using YG0000 I filled in my whole circle. If you do not have this color skip to the next step, no biggie.
Step #10
I used YG11 next and drew curved lines from the top of my melon to the bottom. I used a side to side short sketchy stroke.
Step #11
Next I used YG13 and followed the same arching lines from top to bottom. This layer sits inside of my YG11 layer.
Step #12
YG17 is my last layer and I used the side to side stroke to put one narrow strip down the center of each band of color.
Step #13
I went back through my colors starting with YG13, then YG11 and YG0000 and went over the areas where the colors overlap. I purposefully left the sketchy lines showing so I have the look of a real melon. I just softened where they overlap each other.
Happy juicy melon coloring!
[mhoughton]
