My Start

The light coming through an untreated canvas bugs me so I primed the canvas with gray gesso - two coats to get smooth

Raw Umber and Liquin to sketch





I was looking at tones and shapes

This took more time than I thought it would but it is an important step

I took out some of the fruit because I ran out of room on the canvas - I like it that I sketched it out by hand but I do think it would be easier from now on to just trace onto the canvas, that way I won't run into adjustment problems and can get to the oils sooner