@daring-celt 23 September 2021 more from that month

Autumn Sketches #5. Pumpkin (part 2) Hi friends! So... In the last tutorial on drawing a pumpkin in **Inkscape**, I stopped at this step. https://read.cash/@daring-celt/autumn-sketches-5-pumpkin-part-1-6e6d98fc On the creation of the stalk.

I add more greenery. Using the same **Draw Bezier curves and Straight Line** tool, I create such a path - it will be a leaf branch

I make a stroke thicker and paint in the same color as the top of a stem

Now it's up to a leaf. Its shape resembles a maple leaf, but smoother in places. I choose **Draw Bezier curves and Straight Line** tool again and draw this shape. I modify individual nodes with **Edit path by nodes** tool

When half of the sheet is ready, I copy it and paste it in place (menu **Edit - Paste in Place**)

Then I go to **Object - Flip Horisontal** and combine the ends of the contours. And **Path - Union**

Then I move the finished leaf to a branch and fill it with a light green color.

Next, I draw a core of the leaf and immediately modify it, as I did with the leaf.

I choose for a core dark green color and blur it on **20%**

This is how it will all look when finished. I also fill a leaf with a gradient, as well as on a stalk.

Since the leaf is located above the pumpkin, and this is a material object, it means that it must cast a shadow. I duplicate the main shape of the leaf, paste it in the same place, fill the bottom copy with a different color (approximately in red tones, in contrast to the leaf) and move it down a little so that it overlaps the pumpkin area.

Then I draw such a free contour, select it with the **SHIFT** key and the future shadow and go to **Path - Difference**

The upper part of the figure is cut off, only the one that "looks out" from under the sheet and covers the pumpkin remains.

I blur it to **25%**

The result is an almost realistic pumpkin

I can finish this, but I want to place the pumpkin on a beautiful background. I choose **Create Restangles and squares** tool and draw a restangle.

I want to draw gradient background for a pumpkin

Then I want to add seconr leaf in my picture and make a copy of leaf and paste and replace to bottom. So, I change a direction of gradient on the bottom sheet so that it is not an exact copy of the top one, and move the whole composition down.

And I want to draw long green stem. I take **Draw Bezier curves and Straight Line** tool again and draw something like this

Change a stroke weight and fill it with the same gradient as the leaves and stem

These are the results of the last steps

It's time to create a beautiful background effect! And i draw again with **"Create circles, ellipsis and arcs"** tool and draw this circle

Then I add a glow for it with blur **50%**

And next step I choose a **Spray objects by sculpting or painting** tool and set this options

and create a "bokeh effect" on the background

Note: each of these sprayed circles is an independent object that can be edited individually - erase (the eraser icon on the property bar), move to another place, change the opacity Which is what I do by changing the color of individual objects.

And one more thing: if a radial gradient is applied to a circle colored in a new way, then it is filled according to the principle from color (from a cent) to transparency, which goes to the edge. It turns out real bokeh out of focus!

And I also want to add one effect using filters. I copy a restangle background and paste on place Then I go to the **Filters** menu, select **Textures** section. I liked the **Watercolor**

Yes, I like it! But I don't like streaks protruding from the edges of the background. How can I fix it?

First, I resize a watercolor background, making it larger so it is easier to work with. And then using **Draw Bezier curves and Straight Line** tool I draw a square along the outline of the background, select both objects with **SHIFT** and go to **Path - Intersection**

The result.

I change an opasity for it to and blend mode to **Soft Light**

Yes, now I'm happy with what happened, he-he!))))

I hope you'll like my very long tutorial, and you didn’t fall asleep reading it ;) Many thanks for you visits, commeyts and upvotes! Have a nice and creative autumn day! Regards