Lemon Sunset #4

Another lost pieces painting, done from some cutouts of a larger painting that I had scrapped. This is the fourth version of "Lemon Sunset", it is actually based on a doodle in which I was trying to work out the composition. In the miniature it was more about the colours and trying the technique for the lemon sun.  

To paint the lemon I started with painting the sky around a blank space shaped like a lemon. The sky is in purples, which is complement to yellow. Then I added some yellow-green in the center and yellow orange around that, leaving the edge blank paper to make the lemon glow. When dry, I put some dark dots on to give the lemon texture.

3 1/4 x 2 "  (8.5 x 5 cm) 300lb cold press Watercolour