Oil on Ampersand Board 6 x 6
I've always wanted to paint some form of citrus but never have until now. I was surprised at how difficult it was to get the values correct, and I see I didn't quite manage that here and there, but this was a fabulous learning exercise. I know to use my photo editing program to make a black and white copy of most things to get the composition right but didn't think this would be necessary. I ended up doing that midway because of the struggle with the values. Red and orange are lighter than one would think, so surrounding values have to be adjusted.
I'll be doing another I'm sure.
