This is one little humble pimento olive - the kind you put in your cocktails. I haven't eaten many of these, not being much of a martini drinker, and was surprised to find I actually like them!
But that's not the whole story here. Look closely at the bottom edge of this drawing. See all those little red marks? They're BLOOD. I had a small cut on my hand that I didn't even know about, and accidentally rubbed the edge of the drawing. Eww. And then, hours later, I did it again, with a different scrape on the other hand. I know! I couldn't believe it either.
Luckily, they were all along the bottom edge, so I was able to just trim them off. People on Facebook seemed to think it added value to the art, but I'm not so sure. I think its just icky.
So here's how it looks all cleaned up (blood, and also the background) for prints.
I can't seem to look at any food now without seeing it in this 'top, side, and section view' way. I find myself analyzing things in the grocery store for their drawing potential, trying to visualize them cut open, and lined up like this. I've bought a few things that didn't turn out to be very good subjects, but luckily since its all food it just gets worked into dinner or a snack.
Oh, this was done with Prismacolors on Bristol, and is 4" x 9".
1 comment:
That's so funny that you evaluate the artistic qualities of your food. I do that kind of thing too. I play with the glasses and things on the table to study the shadows they make! I can't resist a pun here... Ah-LOVE your olives! Paula you have such a way of choosing subjects that bring a smile of appreciation, because of the way you portray them so cleverly. Be careful, though, try not to nick your fingers, you need them to draw with!
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