oil on canvas, 10″ x 10″

I’ve had a lovely day off today – didn’t accomplish as much as I had hoped but on your birthday its good just to chill a little! I have been really enjoying doing reflections so thought I would tackle this mug again. I thought lemons were hard to paint but they are not nearly so hard as oranges – who would think that something that has such an incredibly simple shape could be so difficult – way harder than an object with lots of detail. i might go back tomorrow and neutralise the colour in the far orange a little – might be a tiny bit too warm at the moment. Need to sleep on it and see what I think tomorrow. I’m thinking of trying out these setups with the mug in pastel too.