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Recipe Illustration : How To Make A Cocktail

Learn to create a watercolor recipe illustration of your favourite food/drink.

https://www.cutoutandkeep.net/projects/recipe-illustration-how-to-make-a-cocktail • Posted by Drishti D.

Recently I have come across several recipe illustrations in Pinterest and they all look so fabulous and artistic. Since I am setting up the kitchen in our new apartment I decided to create a mojito recipe illustration for myself and I decided to document the process in a step by step tutorial which will be helpful for you to create a lovely colourful illustration of your favourite food or drink perfect to pep up your kitchen wall.

You will need

Project Budget
Cheap

Time

1 h 00

Difficulty

So-so
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Description

Recently I have come across several recipe illustrations in Pinterest and they all look so fabulous and artistic. Since I am setting up the kitchen in our new apartment I decided to create a mojito recipe illustration for myself and I decided to document the process in a step by step tutorial which will be helpful for you to create a lovely colourful illustration of your favourite food or drink perfect to pep up your kitchen wall.

Instructions

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    Get the recipe for your favourite food / drink from the internet.Count the number of steps in your recipe and accordingly divide the page into sections as shown above with a pencil.

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    Now lets start with the illustration. For every step of the recipe let us create simple elements.

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    Once you are done with the sketching of the elements , go ahead to add colors one at a time to each element.

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    Next, let us create the header for the recipe illustration. Please choose a waterproof pen such a Micron pen to prevent smudging when we later create a watercolor layering over it.

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    To write the steps of the recipe I have drawn some straight lines using a ruler prior to writing as I want the letters to be in line with prefect slant.

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    To make the whole recipe illustration look even more appealing, I gently stroked over the recipe steps and the header with lemon yellow pigment.

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    Here’s the final version of my Mojito cocktail recipe illustration. So what are you waiting for!! Grab your favourite recipe and create a wonder of your own.