Photo as reference for 6 x 6 show painting.

KingstonFineArt

I saw these in the market. I liked the reverse color. They are like little blimps. A pastel painted background enhanced a bit. The is a new old Pepsi carton. I love the metal band.

Richard_P

That does look good! For me I would consider taking away some of the wood at the bottom in the composition though. I think it distracts a little from the centre

GTO

I too like the crate.
do you think you should have three cucumbers or some other arrangement?

oilpainter1950

Nice. Really nice.

tassieguy

It's a good photo. Great colour and some nice gradations in value with lost and found edges. I might  be tempted to put something in the middle behind the cucumbers but that could ruin the spareness of it. There are three objects if you include the wooden crate and it works for me as it is. 

@GTO, with your great trompe l'oeil technique I think you could make a fine job of that wood. 

KingstonFineArt

I have to work from the photo because a mouse ate a chunk off one of them! 

I would have done that anyway.

GTO

Yeah @tassieguy the crate looks like a lot of fun to work with.
@KingstonFineArt maybe add the mouse nibbling on the cucumber.  That would be a cool addition. 

Suez

It’s that time of year to put the mouse traps out again. Around here, living in the woods and having a parrot who throws out safflower seeds all over from his mix with distain, it’s hard to even catch mice with peanut butter on the traps. 

KingstonFineArt

It tough getting this done I don’t have glasses for my new eyes. I blocked in color value today using readers from The drug store.