Well not really, but I didn’t know what else to call this post. This is my pumpkin in the flesh:
And this is my rendition of it in acyrlic paints:
I was quite nervous to start off with. But since it said in the course notes not to be and not to imagine that you have to produce a wonderful piece of art, I took heart and got stuck in. I actually enjoyed doing this activity even more than filling in the gap in the photo. I expect the practice in mixing colours helped and if you really start looking at something quite closely then you really do notice all the differences in the colours and shades.
I, of course, got so involved in what I was doing that I forgot about half of the activity until it was too late and I had already cleared up and washed up my paint palette. Luckily for me I have an understanding tutor – so I can eat the pumpkin now and don’t have to sit in detention and catch up on the work I should have been doing 
The pumpkin is a bit small for pumpkin pie though. It would be more of a pielet!