The finished painting of the still life.

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Here is the finished painting of the still life. I've just finished the painting. The first thing I did when I came to continue this painting was the spoon. I had watched a YouTube video on how to paint shiny metal, and I followed the instructions as best I could, but I still don't think it came out quite right. I painted it all in light grey first, and I painted it around the outside of the line that was there to make the spoon slightly bigger. While that was drying I got the ruby red out that came on Monday and I painted the strawberries. Then I mixed mid yellow with yellow ochre and painted the cake cases. Then, when that was dry, I painted the dots in neat yellow ochre. I also painted the candy ball on the top with the yellow ochre. I took the colour that I'd painted the cake cases and added a lot of white to it to create the colour for the cream flowers and painted those in. When the spoon was dry I added black to the edges and white for the highlights. I painted the milk in the glass white. When the cream flowers were dry I added a mix of gamboge and white to areas of them for the darker orangier bits. I added shading inbetween the strawberries and some black, white and grey areas to the glass of milk, making sure each colour was dry before adding the other. I painted the serviette in a mix of violet and white, and added some very light violet behind the glass. Lastly I painted the window frames with a mix of burnt umber and raw sienna. Then I put it aside to dry. I'm going to go and start my dinner in a moment, and then later I will start on another painting. This one is of a peacock. I've also painted a mini canvas black. You'll see what I do with that later! I hope you are all having a nice day. See you later!