Day two hundred and eighty-eight: What a great day! After shopping at the market in Rittenhouse Square, my colleague and friend, Samantha, came over and we made butternut squash ravioli from scratch. It was a lot of work, but when we finished, and coated the ravioli in browned-butter sage sauce, it was truly delicious. Today’s […]
Also tagged food, oil, pastelDay two hundred and twenty-five: Yep, it’s Saturday, which means fruit and vegetable shopping at the Rittenhouse Square farmer’s market. Last week I bought a 50 cent jalapeño pepper — like the green one here — and every day I chopped up a slice or two of it to heat my salads a bit. This […]
Also tagged food, oilDay two hundred and eighteen: Keeping it simple after a productive day of errands and house chores, I thought I’d quickly sketch up a few of my favorite vegetables these days. Visiting the Rittenhouse Square market on Saturday mornings is a great way to start the weekend. On a whim today, I added a couple […]
Also tagged foodDay two hundred and five: After a full, productive weekend, I quickly sketched a combination lock that happened to be lying next to my computer. One of the things I was working on today was getting my bike ready for more commuting around Philadelphia for work and groceries and other errands. I use a similar […]
Also tagged oil, pencilDay two hundred and four: This busy Saturday was filled with house chores and weekend grocery shopping. I hit the Rittenhouse Square market this morning to buy fruits and vegetables for the week. I found some not-yet-ripe peaches that I put in a bowl with a couple of almost-too-ripe bananas, which should help speed up […]
Also tagged food, oilDay two hundred and two: Keeping it simple this fine Thursday evening, I quickly painted my salt shaker and pepper mill. One is old and short, while the other is tall and new. Yet I think of them as a set because their curved shapes are strikingly similar, and the painted red mill shares affinity […]
Also tagged food, oilDay one hundred and ninety-two: This study is inspired by a Giorgio de Chirico oil painting I saw in a book today. Made c. 1930, the original is titled Still Life with Apollo Belvedere and Fruit, and I love, love, love it. Maybe someday I’ll make it to the Galleria dello Scudo in Verona to […]
Also tagged face, food, sculptureDay one hundred and eighty-five: This morning I found that the remaining cherries I bought at the market a couple days ago were very ripe and needed to be eaten. I immediately thought about making a pie. There wasn’t enough fruit for a full one, so I added some nectarine, blueberries, and strawberries, which is […]
Also tagged food, oil, pencilDay one hundred and eighty-three: Today marks the midway point of what my fellow daily sketcher, Sara W., has called a “possibly doomed” 365-day challenge to make a drawing a day for a year. Some days I’m inclined to agree. This evening I had no idea what to sketch, and stared at a blank white […]
Also tagged food, oilDay one hundred and seventy-four: I’m not sure why I decided to paint an egg standing on end this evening. Perhaps because I thought it would be easy to shape and shade. With a little extra space in the lower left, I added the feather. The background evolved because I wanted the egg to sit […]
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