Draw the Garden: Cherry Tomato

sakuramochi

I will be showing this one day only, Saturday, April 23, 11-6 at TAG Gallery in Bergamot Station in Santa Monica as part of a fundraiser for the U.S. Japan Council Earthquake Relief Fund
The event begins at 11am and continues all day, concluding with a reception from 4-6pm.
50% of proceeds will go directly to non governmental organization projects in the devastated Tohoku region of  Japan.

mini: 1 red point

This little item caught my eye walking in the alley from the library to the post office. I came very close to passing it by, but the red color intrigued me. Had no idea what the stiff pressed paper thing was -- from a board game? I posted it to the "Found It" FaceBook group and discovered that it was a OPA rationing token from 1944-45 (more here).

How did this get discarded in the alley? I'm sure that's a whole other story.

mini: Barbie flipflop

It's the start of another ArtHouse Sketchbook Project. The theme for May/June is "mini". (I signed up for their "Sketchbook of the Month" series, so every month I'm getting a new blank Moleskine sketchbook with a theme assigned for the month.)

The envelope from ArtHouse was teeny tiny and inside was a 4-1/8 x 2-1/2" black Moleskine Volant Notebook, Xsmall (amz aff)



So cute! I love small items! I decided to start with a sketch of the Barbie flipflop that Juan sent me as my "prize" for winning week 13 in the "Found It: Urban Artifacts" FaceBook group. I'm going to draw my prize winning find next.
I've chosen ink and prisma pencil as the media for this book.







It makes me chuckle that I'm starting this book with a shoe drawing while still working (sort of -- fallen WAY out of the habit) on the "shoes" book.

cadmium red medium

wow. I just did 5 sketches this morning.

naples yellow

cadmium orange

I squeeze out every last bit that I can.

sap green

time to get back to the paint tubes!

first garden tomato

I love roma tomatoes

sunday breakfast

colossal strawberry

it's strawberry jam making time, the berries are in peak form
my Produce Man is obtaining a flat of "jam quality" berries on Friday
so Saturday will be jamming day

and the model above? Delicious.
the scent while I sketched? Heavenly.

breaker banana