Watercolor - Still Life with Yellows and Blues

"Still Life with Lemon and Leeks" (11"X14", Watercolor, $100)

The diffuse light in this painting says it was done in class. I feel it's a successful picture and the textures are pretty convincing. The fabric is clearly a thin one, like a pillowcase; The pillowcase is clearly sitting on two sheets of black paper; The little pot in the background is clearly a copper and bronze-y item, and the food objects are clearly food. The lemon is dimly reflected in the cobalt blue vial and the reflections in the spoon tell the viewer that it's face down.

The only broken border in this picture in the bottom portion, which enhances the feeling that the black paper is flat, rather than it being a perspective illusion.