Sunquats - Virtual Sketch Date

In my profile, I mentioned that my husband and I are artists. Well, more like, he has long been an artist and I have been learning from him (and learning with him too). Last month, he got involved in a Virtual Sketch Date, where once a month, a group of artists spend a week drawing from the same reference image, then post their entries on their blogs. This month, he convinced me to get involved, and since I don't yet have an art blog set up, you get to see my entry here. But I figured it works for now, since this month's reference photo was of fruit! I'm told that these are not oranges, they are Sunquats. I'd never heard of a Sunquat, so I did a quick Google search and learned that they are a cross between a lemon and a kumquat, with an edible rind. There doesn't seem to be much consensus on whether they taste good or not. I might have to find some and taste them for myself. :)


I did this with Derwent Watercolour pencils and Prismacolor pencils on peach-colored Strathmore Art Paper, and used Photoshop to adjust the colors of the image to match the original as closely as possible (though there is a little bit of a dark band where the paper was curling a bit when I took the photo).