I love purple and green...

Went to the market this morning and saw a beautiful Pomegranate, had to buy it, I was going to draw it, but decided not to as I didn’t want to cut it open yet.

As I was in drawing mode I decided to draw my starter for lunch, now I don’t normally have starters, but I had guests and while I was going to serve them Moussaka, I couldn’t have that as I have just started a new healthy regime.  But I could have the starter and a fruit smoothie while they tucked in.

In the garden I have globe artichokes and they are going crazy.  So I flipped though my cookbooks and found this recipe Sweet and Sour Artichokes in an Italian Cookbook.  What was even better I had plenty of broad beans also.  So I got to and started to draw with my pencils.

 

 

However when I was cooking it, I realized I didn’t have any peas, umm….  Ah hah, I have plenty of asparagus, just the job.  So here is the finished dish.

It was yummy!  The dressing is really good as it has no oil, and good for us weight conscious souls.  I will be using that dressing on lots of stuff.

Oh here is the sketch I did of the asparagus!

You know this has given me an idea to do more of this  - recipe drawings that is.  Although, I need to sort out the writing and its placement. Including today’s recipe was an afterthought.

Anyway I am linking this to Alexandria of SundaysSketches haven’t been there for ages, looking forward to seeing you all.

Also Manon's Paper Saturdays.

A Love Affair with Colour

Things have been a bit stormy around here, not just the weather but my life, I have had to reassess many things, and I feel that now I am starting to see sunshine and with that, lots of colour. 

Colour is what got me through; it makes my heart sing with joy.  I haven’t done much art or bloggeds over the last month or so or maybe even longer, events and personal health conspired against me.  However, I have managed to do creative things.  I have a new obsession - crochet!  When I was in hospital last September one of the nurses took pity on my frustration at not being able to do any art (they had put the drippy thingy in my right hand and it was awkward to draw with).  She came in with a basket of bright wool and crochet hooks and said would I do grannie squares for the children’s ward.  She put some foamy tubing on the needle so I could hold the hook without any problems, Yay!  So for that week I crocheted away using the brightest colours ever!

Of course when I got home, I had to dig out my old tapestry wools (I had a tapestry kit making business in a past life) and voila last week I finish my first blanket.

It is more of a throw really.  I ran out of wool.  So pleased with that I sneaked into the local wool shop and have started to collect the different colours of my boudoir.  Thus I have now started on a new project – a large blanket but a stripy one with all sorts of crochet stitches.

Back to art,  I have been looking at work I did earlier in the year and the ones that made me feel good were the colourful ones I did in July and August such as Tweety Bird below.

My heart sang, so colour here I come!

At long last my head is buzzing with joy!

Here is a photo of a climbing rose that I have along the drive way, it also makes my heart sing.

Today I am linking up with Eva and Kristin at Paint PartyFriday, thanks for visiting and have a blessed week.