Cherries

This photo was taken by John in 2006 while we were picking cherries at Jordonna's trees down by Yellow Bay. It was a warm, sunny day and Jordonna was with us along with some of her other friends.

Charcoal sketch to work out the lights and shadows.

The beginnings of the pastel.

The finished pastel.

The underpainting of the acrylic painting with charcoal sketch over it.

John took a picture of me in action.

My working space with my source photos off to the left.

Most of the paintings elements have been roughed in.

Getting close to done.

This painting setup really helped to make it easier to get the details right.

Voilá - the final painting. The whole process took about 2 weeks and I spent about 6-8 hours on the painting.