Image transfer

-      Shade the back of the linework using a pencil

-      Flip it over and tape onto the canvas

-      Use a harder pencil (2H or HB) to trace the outlines

-      Peel away the paper – your design is now ready to paint!

Background painting

-      Mix Medium Yellow with a touch of Raw Sienna to create a mustard tone

-      Apply the colour using a wide brush, blending directly on the canvas if desired

-      Leave space for the cup, jar, and objects

Block in base colours

-      Use the mustard mix for the lemons

-      Mix Titanium White with a small amount of Lamp Black making a light grey for the mug

-      Adjust with a tiny bit of yellow to warm the grey if needed

-      Fill in the mug, handle, and areas under the rim using a small round brush

Painting the table

-      Mix Burnt Sienna and Burnt Umber for a warm caramel brown

-      Paint the foreground around the objects

-      Once dry, mix Raw Sienna and Burnt Sienna to lighten and paint the tabletop surface

-      Let some of the darker tone show through for depth

Adding depth

-      Use Burnt Umber with a little Burnt Sienna for a rich coffee tone

-      Adjust with white for a milkier look if desired

-      Mix Medium Yellow and a little Sienna for a golden glaze

-      Loosely brush over the background, letting some brown peek through

-      Add soft shadows beneath the objects using the earlier caramel mix

Lemon painting tutorial

-      Paint over the mustard base layer with Lemon Yellow

-      Mix burnt umber and yellow for the stem points

-      Use a clean brush to blend white and soft yellow for lemon highlights

Jar painting

-      Mix Titanium White and Yellow for a pale-yellow colour

-      Paint the vase

-      Add strokes of light blue to outline the vase 

-      For the water section, mix Deep Cyan with white and water it down for a soft, transparent blue

-      Apply a light wash on the top half to suggest the glass 

Flower stem painting

-      Use Sap Green and hold the brush low for control

-      Paint the flower stem first, then add the leaf veins

-      Lighten the green with yellow and use it for the leaves at the ends of the vines

Easy flower painting

-      Test petal shapes on scrap paper first

-      Using lemon yellow, press your brush down and twist slightly to form a tapered petal

-      Repeat to create a full flower

-      Add a second coat of colour for richness

Finish with final details

-      Soften the water effect by layering a light wash of white

-      Use the table colour to paint the flower centre

-      Strengthen the central leaf vein with Sap Green

-      Finish by adding white highlights to the jar glass