Little drawing issues

I want to work on several mandarin paintings and I’m off to a good start. The little drawing and proportion difficulties are bugging me. I decided to trace and overlay from the photo to check my first painting.

Set Up

Source Photo

The first painting is by eye, using a grid.

Check out this video about procrastination and the benefits of reworking an idea or image.   https://youtu.be/M6NsEDwHHiE

Mandarins1

Sketch

 Unfinished Mandarins 2

There are changes to proportion, but my mistakes aren’t as glaring as I had supposed while doing the work.