Acrylic on canvas board, 8 x 10 inches. The inspiration for this painting was part of an oil painting course on Will Kemp’s Art School. I decided to do the course using acrylics instead of oils. I’ll most likely repeat the course with oils. By the way, when you buy a course from Will Kemp, it’s yours and it exists on your computer. This is third of four painting projects in the course. I’ve completed the first two projects. The first was a monochrome painting of a cup of coffee, and the second project painting a stripped cup.

In the lemon study course

The lemon shown here was the reference photo we used.
This is Will Kemp. I’ve taken courses through his art school, which is in England for ten years.

There were three phases of the lemon project. The first was painting dark and light portions of the lemon and the background. The second was an early painting of the lemon using four colors. I used a medium red, cadmium orange, cadmium medium yellow, and cadmium light yellow. The third was using the colors and acrylic glassing to finish the project.

Blocking in dark colors and light colors
Will Kemp lemon at an early stage, and his palette.
My lemon at the same stage

Final stage

Here are some photos of the final stage of painting, and a glimpse at my corner studio in our home office.

My painting next to Will Kemp’s
The Lemon
Theo’s corner studio. My paints are stored in 18 pull out draw cabinet.A few paintings on the wall.

Summary

The painting described is an acrylic artwork measuring 8 x 10 inches, inspired by Will Kemp’s art course. The artist chose acrylics over oils for this third project, having previously completed two others: a monochrome coffee cup and a striped cup. The lemon study involved three phases, focusing on color application and glazing techniques. The summary shares insights into the artist’s process and showcases a glimpse of their studio setup.