Tomatoes are a significant source of umami flavor. From there, the tomato was introduced to other parts of the European-colonized world during the 16th century. The Aztecs used tomatoes in their cooking at the time of the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire, and after the Spanish encountered the tomato for the first time after their contact with the Aztecs, they brought the plant to Europe, in a widespread transfer of plants known as the columbian exchange.

Its domestication and use as a cultivated food may have originated with the indigenous peoples of Mexico. The species originated in western Latin America. At my favourite specialty produce market in Toronto they sell a variety or tomatoes, from juicy beefsteak, colourful heirlooms, plump roma and petite capri, cherry and grape varieties. One of the best ways to become an expert on how to draw a tomato is by visiting your local grocery store.

Toronto illustrator Mark Scheibmayr shares tips on how to draw tomatoes. Creating illustrations of everyday things around your home, like a tomato, with an Apple Pencil on iPad Pro, allows for new and advantageous ways of creating layers, texture, and dimension, and is also really quite fun. If you are new to digital drawing I am sure you’ll be amazed, both by how easy it is to pick it up, and by the new range of drawing potential it provides.

Over the last few years the digital medium has become an important drawing tool for me and a integral part of my illustration process overall. I’m a Toronto illustrator who specializes in book illustration, portraiture, editorial illustration and exhibition design.

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How to Draw Tomatoes Step Seven: Tomato Cross Section and Slice.

How to Draw Tomatoes Step Six: Highlights and Lowlights.

How to Draw Tomatoes Step Five: Tomato Stem.

How to Draw Tomatoes Step Four: Underlying Gradients.

How to Draw Tomatoes Step Three: Blocking Out your Shapes.

How to Draw Tomatoes Step Two: Rough Sketch.

How to Draw Tomatoes Step One: Choosing a Reference Photo.

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