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Gouache Fruit Still Life Illustration

Stable Diffusion
By Varun Sharma Tested with Stable Diffusion SDXL

Gouache Fruit Still Life Illustration is an SDXL prompt for a 4:5 painterly print. Three pears in a ceramic bowl with dried lavender and folded linen in opaque watercolour with visible thick paint texture in ochre, sage and burgundy produces a kitchen-art illustration with no text.

Last tested: August 2026 with Stable Diffusion SDXL

Part of the Stable Diffusion prompt library · see more watercolor prompts .

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Gouache still life illustration of three pears in a ceramic bowl with lavender and linen in ochre sage and burgundy
Gouache Fruit Still Life Illustration — Stable Diffusion SDXL, Aspect ratio 4:5
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Prompt 

A gouache illustration of a still life arrangement, a ceramic bowl with three pears — one green, one golden, one russet — a sprig of dried lavender, and a folded linen cloth on a wooden table, opaque watercolour with visible thick paint texture, palette of warm ochre, sage, and muted burgundy on a soft beige ground, painterly brush strokes, no text, no letters

Negative prompt 

blurry, low quality, photorealistic, 3d render, neon, glossy, digital painting, smooth, gradient, text, watermark, border, frame, photograph

Settings

Model
Stable Diffusion SDXL
Aspect ratio
4:5
Steps
30
CFG scale
7
Sampler
DPM++ 2M Karras

How to use this prompt

"Opaque watercolour with visible thick paint texture" is the rendering instruction that separates gouache from transparent watercolour — without it SDXL produces a soft wash. The three differently coloured pears — green, golden, russet — carry the composition; three identical pears produce a flat image. The dried lavender sprig adds organic detail without competing with the fruit. The folded linen cloth is the still-life convention that anchors the arrangement on a surface; without it the objects float. "Painterly brush strokes" keeps visible mark-making rather than smoothing to a digital finish. The warm ochre and sage palette is the rustic kitchen aesthetic; brighter colours would read as pop art. The negative prompt blocks photorealism and glossy rendering.

Variations to try

  • Swap the pears for three apples — red, green and yellow — with a cinnamon stick and a tartan cloth
  • Change the palette to cool blues and greys for a winter still life with pomegranates
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For developers — copy this prompt as JSON 
{
  "title": "Gouache Fruit Still Life Illustration",
  "prompt": "A gouache illustration of a still life arrangement, a ceramic bowl with three pears — one green, one golden, one russet — a sprig of dried lavender, and a folded linen cloth on a wooden table, opaque watercolour with visible thick paint texture, palette of warm ochre, sage, and muted burgundy on a soft beige ground, painterly brush strokes, no text, no letters",
  "negative_prompt": "blurry, low quality, photorealistic, 3d render, neon, glossy, digital painting, smooth, gradient, text, watermark, border, frame, photograph",
  "model": "Stable Diffusion",
  "model_version": "SDXL",
  "settings": {
    "aspect_ratio": "4:5",
    "steps": 30,
    "cfg": 7,
    "sampler": "DPM++ 2M Karras"
  },
  "style_tags": [
    "watercolor",
    "botanical"
  ],
  "use_case_tags": [
    "illustration",
    "wall-art"
  ],
  "source_url": "https://promptkoi.com/prompts/stable-diffusion/gouache-fruit-still-life-illustration/"
}

The whole library is available as an open JSON dataset · developer docs.