I feel like I'm painting with cheat codes. I'm really happy with how this turned out. This is my second painting ever. I watched a bunch of ctrl-paint videos after the first one, and googled this tutorial www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QaxUL… when I didn't have any idea how to do the apple's texture. This is the reference photo I used: gloucesterstage.com/_website/w… I used a small grid to help me draw it, did most of the shading with a soft air brush, and most of the color variations were done in overlay layers. I used a speckly air brush to create the dots before smudging/soft erasing them. I probably spent around 8 hours making this.9/27/15