More on Keeping It Real

It is so gratifying working directly from the still life beside me and not a photograph or a computer screen. I'm also seeing the benefits of weekly Life Drawing. After years of live models, quick gestures and the complexities of the human form - a bowl of lemons seems like a cake walk! 
I still haven't reached that "loose" stage yet and I'm starting to think I never will. It may just be in my nature to make sure I include every detail. OCD much?