Artist's Palette

Lemons and Limes

STEP ONE

I drew in (with a turpsy line) the most basic drawing. This was only to place the shapes on the canvas. Too much detailed drawing at this stage would restrict the freedom of brush strokes and the application of paint.

Life is too full of restrictions already … let’s have a bit of gay abandon with our painting. I feel that if we adjust and correct the

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