Onions with topknots, sweet potatoes with wavy tresses, potatoes with little dreads, these are the starlets of my vegetable basket. Can you tell I haven't been cooking much lately?
Two more faces to add to the 101 Faces project, the first an adaptation, in Conte crayon and watercolor, of an Egyptian mummy portrait, the second, a quick pencil and wash sketch from a family portrait of my Ukrainian-born friend.
Thank you so much, kind commenters! The vegetables were actually beautiful when I painted them--not slimy or decaying or smelly. They were past their prime for cooking, it's true!
The potatoes' dreadlocks were especially beautiful, like tiny ziggurats projecting from the potato head.
Posted by: Laura | March 16, 2007 at 11:53 AM
Your description of your veggies made me laugh! I've been very tempted at times to hang on to the ones that got away and secreted themselves somewhere out of sight to grow 'things' because the 'things' looked so much more interesting than the veggies so sometimes. I draw the line at slimey stuff though!
Posted by: Katherine | March 16, 2007 at 08:46 AM
I am loving your onions, esp!!!!
Posted by: Maryam in Marrakech | March 15, 2007 at 12:36 PM
I am loving your onions, esp!!!!
Posted by: Maryam in Marrakech | March 15, 2007 at 12:36 PM
At first I felt a bit disconcerted... how did she sneak into my vegie basket??? I would never have thought to draw them myself, so thanks for doing it for me!
Posted by: Jan | March 15, 2007 at 06:56 AM
Wow...as always they are great....the veggies is a fav....
Posted by: Gypsy Purple--Chamara | March 14, 2007 at 11:32 PM