I wanted to do a painting from life rather than a photo. Although the weather outside is unseasonably warm (it should have been averaging around 5degF), it is still not warm enough at 30-40F for me to be comfortable standing outside for a while and painting. So...

I got a shiny, silver tablespoon out of the kitchen, put a strong light on it and started painting.

It was amazing how many colors I saw in that silver. There was the orange and white from the light, yellow reflecting off the wall, and blues reflecting off the cloth napkin.

It was a lot more interesting than I would have thought a plain spoon could be.