High Realism Still Life Project

I started a night course with the fabulous realist painter Ian Bodnaryk at Station Gallery this month. Here is my project thus far. Ian utilizes acrylics in thin washes to obtain pristine images, and he works very large as well, which makes this method challenging. Instead of flat brushes, Ian uses round brushes to cross-hatch washes until he obtains the texture that he's after. It's an exercise in patience, even at this 12 x 16 size for my project. I do like how it's turning out so far though.