Another month almost over and another sketchbook of topic drawings almost completed!
Here are a couple of funny, little things: 
Petit four means little oven in French. These small cakes were so named because they were made in coal-fired ovens after the larger cakes were baked, when the ovens had cooled down.
Yesterday, I went to a dairy goat farm near my town to make some sketches related to food, different from anything I'd done so far. Celebrity Dairy makes some of the best cheeses I've tasted anywhere. There are 120 baby goats now at the farm, from one week old on up. The goats are more adorable than you could possibly imagine. Their little wobbly 'mehhh mehhhs' tugged at my heartstrings. It was SO cold, they were shivering and calling for their mothers. So was I. 
You can tell I've never drawn goats before. These early sketches make them look like llamas, like big Bambis, like...funny-looking, goatlike creatures. But! I'm going to get better--- I'm going to go and draw them often over the next months. Fun!
Oh those little cakes are soooo cute!
Posted by: Nina | February 28, 2006 at 10:34 PM
Thank you SO much, you all. I had to go out of town right after posting the drawings above, and just returned to your very kind words. I thought the goat sketches were good to post because most of my stuff is pretty UNsketchy---a series of these goat drawings will show a learning curve, for sure! March is trees but I really should force myself to do animals for a whole month--I certainly have a lot to learn on that score. Maybe this summer.
Posted by: Laura | February 28, 2006 at 10:48 AM
i LOVE goats!!
my dear friend has pet goats and when i visited last year
and met the newest kid, my heart nearly melted away.
i think your sketches catch their adorableness just right
love the last foodie stuff too!
Posted by: zephyr | February 28, 2006 at 09:23 AM
This reminds me of one of your earlier entries that got me hooked on your blog. Remember the puppy sketches? These are like those.
I applaude you finding new subjects and producing new drawings!
Posted by: Chuck Rose | February 27, 2006 at 09:21 PM
So were you shivering or calling for your mother? :o) I enjoyed seeing your pages of goat drawings, particularly seeing the partial drawings and uncompleted ones. My sketch books look more like this - filled with started but not finished bits and pieces and the occassional completed drawing. I'll bet you'll be pleased to see the back of the food month now. What's next??
Posted by: Terri | February 27, 2006 at 07:08 PM
Man, you gotta love these baby goats! :-)
I'm sad to see food month come to an end, though ...
Posted by: Linda | February 27, 2006 at 05:50 PM