Green Textured Avocado Persea Americana - Preview

During a particularly stressful time in my life we took a very short break in Sicily with the boys. My eldest son Charlie booked the flat in a rural part of the island - it was better for cycling, and the garden surrounding the apartment was exactly how I imagine the garden of Eden would look. There were fruit trees of every kind and exotic flowers draped over every wall and the exquisite sound of water from a nearby river, had I been in a more relaxed frame of mind I might have got out my brushes, however, time was short so I photographed everything in preparation for a calmer time. And here it is, our happy time!

The Avocado is actually botanically a berry housing a very large seed! It is so knobbly I thought what a wonderful way to show you how I would attack such a study. You don’t have to paint the whole fruit, you could just try a section in your sketchbook but have a go and zone out into a happy painting place. Billy x