Title : Watercolours in the Kitchen. . . Shall We Speak of Bread and Apples?
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Watercolours in the Kitchen. . . Shall We Speak of Bread and Apples?
I continue to practice what I learned from my friend Alison about painting a loaf of bread -- not because I have any particular interest in bread representation in the future. I'm pretty close to having exhausted the number of loaves I really want to sketch -- and probably well past the number you wish to see here.
But the lessons I'm learning as I practice are transferable lessons -- mostly about mixing colour (I'm fascinated to see the way that a red, blue, and yellow come together to offer that hue of the bread's interior -- and, as I've learned, this is the same kind of mixing that will get me flesh tones as well, just varying proportions as necessary).
I'm also trying to fold in some experimenting with composition -- I don't think that including the brotform or banneton (the cane basket the loaves rise/ferment in, that they take their shapes from) was particularly effective in this sketch, but I'm pleased with the knife.
Mostly, though, I'm simply trying to choose a sketching subject (as close to daily as possible) and get on with it. Yes, I post the results here often, but my little sketchbooks are really just for me, a way of recording what's happening in my life. So I give myself permission to make errors (the colour of the brotform, my quick decision to paint its coil-lines so loosely). . . .
Let me transcribe my red writing for you, before I share a second example:
Top right: September 10, 2018, Started the week by baking the two loaves of Fig Anise Sourdough that I made up Saturday (they've been slow-fermenting in the fridge since then). My bread-sketching skills are not keeping pace with my bread-baking, but there is some improvement.
Top left: Banneton or brotform -- although perhaps it looks more like a beehive here!
Above the knife, from the left margin: Now that the bread's been baked, tested, sketched, it's almost lunchtime, but first I'm going to practise my Italian and my French (placement test this p.m.)
Below the knife: I think we bought this knife at Dehellerin, in Paris, quite a few years ago--back when we were still checking luggage. . . No knives allowed in carry-on!
Bottom right: Currently reading Michael Ondaatje's Warlight.
And another page, this one from a larger sketchbook (whose pages are not watercolour paper but which do tolerate a light wash). . . see? it's not all bread, all the time, around here. There are apples as well (harvested from our terrace garden!)
Again, a transcription:
Top right: September 11, 2018. I've been reading Mike Yoshiaki Daikubara's book Sketch Now Think Later. It's intended for urban sketching, but I thought I'd play with some of his tips at home. . . Mostly what I tried here is leaving some of the sketch without colour, then using that space for text.
Top left: Ah, the sweet scent, the association of cinnamon added by my olfactory imagination.
Bottom left, perpendicular: After I posted a photo of our small apple harvest on Instagram, a "Follower" suggested the apples would make a great subject for a painting . . .
In the Apples. 1st apple, on the left: Scarlet Sentinel Apples -- The tree was planted Spring 2017 & yielded 5 or 6 apples that first harvest.
2nd apple: This year, perhaps thanks to "our" mason bees, the harvest is closer to 20 apples, enough for several pies.
Bottom of the page: I tried to keep this quick and loose -- I had difficulty getting the proportions & positions of the apples accurate[ly] but decided that wasn't so much the point here. As well, this paper is only suited to a very light wash of watercolour.
That's it for today -- I hope you've enjoyed this foray into my kitchen and my sketchbooks. Comments and questions always welcome. . .
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