Recipe Illustration : How To Make A Cocktail

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

Posted by Drishti D.

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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.

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You Will Need (7 things)

  • Watercolor Paper
  • Watercolor Paint
  • Paint Brushes
  • Palette
  • Pencil
  • Water
  • Waterproof Pen micron

Steps (7 steps, 60 minutes)

  1. 1

    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.

  2. 2

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

  3. 3

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

  4. 4

    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.

  5. 5

    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.

  6. 6

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

  7. 7

    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.