The fruit in my previous painting was too small to show the lumpy bumpy texture. For this painting, I decided to paint the lemon at about double life size so I could paint more detail.

Here’s the initial sketch done in about 15 minutes in Burnt Sienna diluted with Gamsol.

I’m getting better at doing gradients. This one was based on a string of 5 values, which, with pairwise combinations made a scale with nine steps. I applied the paint first, and then went back to smooth out the gradient.

This is where I stopped after about an hour’s work.