Who paints Okra?

Well I do, especially when the okra I'm painting were grown by my wife. It adds just that much more of a personal connection to me.  

Watercolor on paper, 5 x 8 inches.

I like the way these turned out.  I think I'm getting better and am really starting to understand how paint will behave based on the current wetness of the paper.

There are what I will currently call safe and workable zones on both the wet and dry side of the spectrum, and a big zone in between that I tend to leave alone.  That middle zone seems to cause 'blooms' when painted on.  This image doesn't have any large noticeable ones but I'd characterize it as an area that is dark around it's edge and light in the middle (like the lower left hand portion of the whole lemon from my Xanthophobia post.  I'm sure it has it's uses, I just haven't yet figured out how to tame it, so for now I'll stay away.