When life gives you lemons... 17

Happy September! Today I have a few very different projects to share both based on a common theme: LEMONS. First up is a card that I made for my dear sister featuring two of my favorite PTI stamps sets: Friendship Jars and Tiny Tags:

For card sketch inspiration, I'm joining along with the current retro sketches sketch challenge:

In hopes of improving my painting skills, I'm joining along with Thirty Paintings in Thirty Days September 2016. 

Day 1: Today I have an 8" x 8" painting to share featuring a tri of lemons that was inspired by an online art lesson presented by Hall Groat Oil Painting Video DVD course which I enrolled in recently. I haven't taken a formal art class since college in 1986 and I've been in search of an oil painting class where I can learn and expand on my knowledge regarding the fundamentals of still life oil painting. I've been considering returning to either the University or Community College to take some courses but the thought of trying to squeeze a class in my schedule was not appealing. Thankfully I stumbled upon Hall's site and it happened to be just what I was in search of! :) LOVE when that happens!

This is painting is my first lesson where I'm learning about shadows, depth and color harmony:

I'm linking this painting to the current Paint Party Friday site:

Thanks so much for stopping by ~ I hope you  have a great day / evening!
Be Sweet ;)