Still Life

So I finally finished my still life. (Yes!)

I took pictures after each step, as I worked on it. I try to do this as much as possible: I like to go back and look at how the work has progressed. It makes me feel good about myself. It also lets me see which bits I still need to work on.

Here is the first step (not much to look at, I know):

And here is the completed painting (ta-da!):

Isn't it lovely? I'm quite pleased with it. Especially the shiny metal creamer with its reflections. And the lemon. :-) In case you wanted to know (which I'm sure you didn't) - it took me 6 steps. Normally that would mean I did it in six sittings, except I split the last sitting into 3 steps because I kept getting frustrated with the background and just couldn't get it right. So I actually did it in four sittings.