Paint the fruit

When in doubt, paint fruit. I began my art career painting a lot of fruit and it was the best thing to practice on. Organic shapes are usually so forgiving (much more than painting a person with a head too big and arms too short). They are both simple (in essence spheres and other basic shapes) and complex (all that color bouncing around everywhere!). I had two friends over today and we set up some fruit still life and painted together. One of the most important things to making good art is paying attention to values (darks and lights) and fruit makes seeing that so easy.

What a fun afternoon! 🍋❤️🍋