Practice speed drawing

Lanzones is a native fruit in the Philippines. I love doing fruits and what better subject would their be than our own  produce? 

Not only does practice make perfect, it also speeds up your ability to draw and paint. Before, a project like this would've taken me longer to finish. This one was drawn from an actual lanzones fruit placed as is on a brown top. 

Here's my practice sketch and acrylic applied after a photo of the initial drawing.

And here's a photo of real lanzones