Drawing Challenge#3 - My Lemon Drawing 我的檸檬哲學

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Hello everyone, today I am going to share with you my drawing for the drawing contest held by @helene. The topic for the contest is 'fruit' and I have chosen lemon as the theme of my drawing. I believe that most of you would only taste the lemon in the lemon soda or lemon water. But I quite like to eat it directly to refresh my mind and motivate myself whenever I feel exhausted.

大家好，今天我畫了一幅畫參加 @helene 舉辦的畫畫比賽#3，這次的畫作主題是畫水果。這次我選的可能算是比較冷門的水果 - 檸檬。檸檬雖說是水果的一種，但是我相信絕少人會像普通水果般直接食用檸檬，大部分朋友都應該是飲用檸檬水或檸檬茶等等。而我可是在疲累的時候，喜歡把檸檬切成小塊直接的吃，那種沖上腦袋的刺激，每次都讓我打起精神，繼續為我的目標而努力。

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Let's start with some interesting information of lemons
來說說檸檬的二三事

Nutrition

Lemon is rich in vitamin C as everybody knows. It is a strong anti-oxidizing agent and could help in skin whitening and slow down the aging process. Some study even pointed out that the vitamins in lemon could help in lowering the blood pressure. In the view of the traditional Chinese Medication, lemon is an agent for detoxification could stimulate the appetite, helping the patient to get healthy by encouraging him to intake nutrition.

營養價值

檸檬的營養價值眾所周知，它蘊含豐富的維生素C，有很強的抗氧化作用，能抑制皮膚黑色素沉澱，對肌膚美白及延緩衰老著有奇效。近年的研究甚至指出，檸檬中的維生素更能增強血管彈性，可預防和治療高血壓症狀。從中醫學的角度來看，檸檬性溫，無毒，具有清熱解毒、潤燥的作用。它生津解暑，健脾醒胃，遇食慾不佳，精神不振，一杯檸檬水就是最天然的提神品。

History

Scurvy was once the major illness among the sailors in the 16th Century. It was caused by the lack of vitamin C and it leaded to the difficulty in wound healing. People had no ideas to cure the illness until 18th Century when they found out the solution of adding the lemon juice to the Rums when they had to set sail.

小歷史

關於檸檬的小功績，要說說從前盛行於船員間的壞血病。壞血病是一種缺乏維生素C的疾病，常會造成傷口難以癒合及牙齒脫落的病情。於古時的航海時代，受限於技術發展，當時的水果和蔬菜無法於長期的航海旅程中保存，因此船員長年缺乏維生素C。至十八世紀時人們發現檸檬汁可預防壞血病後，揚帆時便會攜同檸檬汁，甚至把檸檬汁加進冧酒以作預防。

Interesting about lemon

Today, there some interesting things about lemon:
In America, people always name the defective motor or the relevant motor products the 'lemon car'. The relevant law is called the 《lemon law》.
In Cantonese, we will describe the one who is rejected by the girls 'eating lemons'.

今天，有一點關於檸檬的有趣事項:
在美國，人們會以「檸檬車」是形容品質有問題的瑕疵汽車產品，因為檸檬的酸澀難以令人接受，當地並制定了一條《檸檬法》以保障消費者的權益。
廣東話中，人們會形容被拒絕的人「食檸檬」，就是碰灰的意思。如果你追求女生失敗，別人就會嘲笑你「食檸檬」 了。

Source: Wikipedia 1 2

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Let's begin the drawing part.
說了這許多，來開始畫畫了!

Step 1.
Draw the outline of the lemons with a pencil.

先用鉛筆畫出檸檬及枝葉的草稿

Step 2.
Paint the lemons with pale yellow.

為檸檬塗上一層淡淡的黃色

Step 3.
Intensify the yellow color in the shadow part.

遂層加深檸檬陰影部分的黃色

Step 4.
Paint the leaves of the lemons

替枝葉塗上淡青色

Step 5.
Paint the shadow part of the leaves. Make it more realist.

加深葉子綠色的部分

Step 6.
Add the details and shadow. Done.

加上檸檬的細節，加上陰影，完成

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GIF for the processes

作畫的動態圖

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老實說，其實我並不喜歡檸檬的苦酸，或是說，誰會喜歡?可是我卻鐘情檸檬的清新，很矛盾吧。人生在世，不如意事十常八九，甜酸苦辣，就佔了人生四分三。命運就是這樣，無情由的拋來了一顆檸檬，你不想付出，唯有逆來順受，照著吃下去當然是苦的；但如果願意付出努力，把它切開，榨汁，調味，它便會變得甘順可口。生命的美好，不是在於我們不用努力，而是我們奮鬥過的人生，才會顯得美麗。

希望大家喜歡我的分享。

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