I have two favorite kitchen tools. My 36 year old Kitchenaid was posted on this blog in 2006 when I was doing my color project during yellow month. So this time I sketched my 30 year old Cuisinart! They are very reliable machines and have been used regularly for many years. We don't cook as often anymore, but the Kitchenaid was used twice recently when Sydney, Henry, and I baked cookies.
This was a really, really hard challenge for me. I'm not sure that any piece of my popcorn has "volume" and due to the lighting in my favorite painting place, I also don't have shadows. At least the popcorn-eating was enjoyable.
While I was sketching Uno's photo from his win as Best of Breed on Tuesday night, he was winning Best of Show at the Westminstrer Kennel Club annual show in Manhattan. It was the first time in the 100+ year history of the show that a beagle ever won Best of Show. In film clips on the news he was the perkiest, cutest thing - and I'm not especially a pet person!
This sketch was inspired by a photo of my grand daughter after a bath. The blue and white puppy towel probably belongs to one of her brothers, but on this night it was hers. Unfortunately I am not good enough to make the sketch look like her. Maybe next year! For now I can just be happy that I am putting faces on my figures - a huge accomplishment for 2008.
This is my Italian hero sandwich, purchased at a local market for lunch last week. My favorite sandwich is a prosciutto and mozzarella panini - but I don't have a good local source! The cherry tomatoes were added at home for color - and challenge - when sketching and painting my sandwich.