Henk Terhell wrote: >Lemon: perhaps blue lemons are almost easier made by GMO techniques than >painted so smoothly like this one. Looks to be a good shot (with the >right caption) for a magazine advertisement.
Thanks Henk. I think the best way to get a similar effect would be to genetically engineer a version of myself that is competent in Photoshop, and do the colour change there. I'm not entirely happy with the way that the paint has smoothed out the texture of the lemon skin. It was quite fun to do though. I may have been the first person to ask my local paint emporium to recommend a primer suitable for citrus. Tom C asked how I masked the stem bit (calyx?). I just pulled it off, and glued it back on after the paint had dried. Thanks to everyone who commented on the PUG. Steve.
