OK, folks. Here is painting #2! This time I chose to paint a papaya that I picked out at the grocery store this afternoon.

Here is my subject, Mr. Papaya on yellow.

Here is my painting.

The photo doesn’t have the exact same angle that I was painting from but you get the idea. This one was a bit more difficult since there was different shape to deal with but I managed.

I guess I’m sticking to a “tropical fruit” theme. The goal of this project is to end up with three paintings that you can hang up next to each other on a wall. So, they need to have a common thread that ties them together but be contrasting at the same time to add some interest. For the mango and papaya, I’d say that they are similar in size and color tones but they contrast in the directions of their shadows. Here they are side-by-side:

Now I just need to figure out what the third painting will be. Any suggestions?