I was busy devouring breakfast when my mother sat across me and began peeling off a medium-sized pomelo. The smell hit my senses instantaneously and I could have sworn I salivated at the thought of the citric taste.

Of everything fruit, I love citrus fruits the most. I love oranges, green tangerines, and yep, even pomelo. They just smell so good, and their taste so satisfying. Suddenly inspired, I went on and drew.

## Citrus
She wants to be happy, and happy she'll be. *Squeeze* the day, it is.

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This work is heavily inspired by [this stock photo on Unsplash](https://unsplash.com/photos/8A7fD6Y5VF8). I played with it to come up with an image that better suited what was in my mind.

## Drawing *Citrus*
I thought it looked simple enough to be done in just a few hours, but it wasn't. In fact, this one took me more or less four hours to complete. I underestimated the details quite so much.

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I started with the slice of citrus fruit (that may or may not be pomelo). It was my make or break moment in this one. If it looked decent, I would continue with the rest of the drawing. If it didn't, then I would have to scrap this.

When I thought it looked good enough to pass off as a slice of citrus, moved toward the rest of the drawing. Particularly the face. 

I have never drawn mouth this way before, so you can imagine that this had been quite challenging in that regard.

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https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/erangvee/SdpcUmGp-zoom2.jpg</center>

More than anything, though, the hands took me longer to finish. I was thinking about scrapping much of the details. However, it felt so flat that I had to at least try. I think they looked all right (a little too wrinkly, but mistakes are part of the process lol).

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### Details
* *Device:* Samsung Galaxy Note 10+
* *Apps:* 
   * [MediBang Paint](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.medibang.android.paint.tablet) for Android
* *Brushes:* watercolor (at varying opacity settings); pencil (100% opacity); blur

## Notes
I'm not sure if my schedule this week would permit me to draw as much as in the past few weeks, but in case I can't, then see you all next week. :P


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