FoodSketch

82-2571 – Butternut

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We do our vegetable shopping at the local wet market, just a short walk away – and I usually buy from the same stall. When I was there the other day and was looking at the pumpkins and squashes, one of the sellers called out “butternut!” and pointed to this. I actually wanted a butternut squash for a meal I was cooking, so I bought it…I’m not sure it really is a butternut squash though…the flesh seemed too pale when I cut it open. Who cares anyway…it tasted great and was fun to sketch!

Fri-19-Jan-2024

79-2497 – Spicy chutney

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For this sketch I switched to the #Inktober2023 prompt for Day 12 of ‘spicey’ (I guess that is an American spelling), instead of the #Sketchtober2023 prompt of ‘tree’ – seeing that I wasn’t out and about. The day before I drew this, I had made these two jars of chutney using overripe bananas and their skins (along with lots of spices, chillies and some onion). I’d read this article (maybe in the Guardian) about zero waste and thought I would give it a try. It’s yummy!

Sat-21-Oct-2023

78-2486 – New yeast

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The next #UskQuezonCity prompt for #Sketchtober2023 was ‘bread’ (for Day 6) and although I have recently draw the results of my bread making, I didn’t hesitate to draw this new loaf. After a few failures (rock hard or doughy loaves) I bought some new yeast and this was the solution. This loaf (the Kenwood recipe calls it ‘rustic white’) came out perfectly. 

Sat-7-Oct-2023

78-2485 – Dried fish

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The next subject for #Sketchtober2023 from #UskQuezonCity (for the 5th October…as usual I am a few days behind) was ‘native product’. So this is definitely not an #UrbanSketch because I took these little dried fish out of the fridge to sketch. I think they are called Danggit…there are so many types of dried fish here, I lose track. I don’t eat them being a vegetarian…and frankly I wonder how much nourishment you can get from these little dried things as they are mostly skin and bone!

Fri-6-Oct-2023

78-2484 – Fruit

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Following the #Sketchtober2023 prompts gives me a good excuse for sketching some fruit (the prompt for day 4). These are plantains – they taste a lot nicer than they look. I find they don’t go off as quickly as bananas (which they are related to)…but seem to be a lot higher in calories! I wasn’t careful where I put the plantains in this sketch, so had to put in more background than I usually do…but somehow I think it works.

Thu-5-Oct-2023

68-2245 – Tomorrow’s dinner

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Here is a quick sketch I did while chatting with my friend @TheArtofBeingPresent today. I just fished a couple of things out of the fridge and put them on this little wooden board which we got free with a bottle of wine. I thought it was a chopping board but I gather it’s something to put cheese on?

Tue-6-Dec-2022

66-2216 – Eggs

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Here is a quick sketch I did today, while chatting to my friend @TheArtofBeingPresent. I was concentrating on getting the colour right but somehow it ended up a bit patchy instead of smooth like an egg.

Fri-28-Oct-2022

1848 – Getting even simpler

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Here is my sketch from last night – you can see that I sometimes struggle to think of things to draw…just taking things out of the fridge these days. This is not a chilli pepper – just a sweet bell pepper. I often think that this is what real bell peppers look like, rather than those huge bloated unnaturally perfect looking ones you get in the UK elsewhere.

Fri-17-Sep-2021