"Cherries" first challenge painting for August

"Cherries" first challenge painting for August

Acrylic 8" x 12"

Yes, I know the cherries look more like plums or small apples and it's very dark but that's the best I could do! I always have trouble painting a subject when it is larger than the original item. 
 The challenge photo on "paintinganddrawtogether" seemed to me to have larger cherries than normal and it was a very dark painting.
See below. What do you think?

original photo challenge

I did try it first in watercolor paint on a smaller size but I find water- color paint didn't seem right for this subject. Just too light!!
See the rest of the paintings here.Some are wonderful
www.paintanddrawtogether.blogspot.com

Unfinished watercolor.