I'm always amazing at how many colors are  "hidden" in  objects we  tend think of as being pretty much  just one main color.   When painting lemons  for this  piece - it provided the color surprises I've learned to look for in my still life set ups.  When matching colors for both the lemons and silver, I discovered shades of mauve, lilac and red along with various shades of yellow.  

To add to it's interest... I  decided to include some silver items in this still life.  I have only painted silver once before and found it to be challenging...especially in an all black studio with controlled lighting.    I'm planning to use silver more often so I can study reflections and the way light affects it...so if any of you have some silver objects you care to loan... please speak up...:)  

Oh..this painting is still wet so you'll notice a few areas that have "sunken in",  which will be corrected once it's completely dry and  varnished.  :)