i found a photo of a fig. and i painted it.
then i decided to paint these poms over an ill-conceived and executed sketch. you know, to hide it.
and then while on the interwebs i stumbled upon this photo of a thick slab of cake encased in a fluffy cloud of frosting. then the monkey climbed on my back. and wouldn't get off.
So the thing that comes to mind while reading this, besides BEAUTIFUL is…
Who am I to disagree?
and
Shock the monkey! Yeah yeah yeah.
I dunno. Whatevs.
Wow! Your sketches are quickly moving into finished paintings. Love, love the fig in particular. I once had a dream that I was in a clearing surrounded by pine trees. There was a little cabin, but there were NO fig newtons in it. So I stood in the front yard and waited. I knew all would be well when the fig newtons arrived. I kid you not; that was a real dream.
These are especially nice paintings.
Come over and let’s have a cake making, drawing, eating party! And when we are done with the cake we’ll move on to another subject.
ADORE. I also couldn’t help but notice you were still alive and well in August, having crossed out 8/1 and replacing it with 9/1. Good sketches, all. Enjoy the weekend sweet woman of the paint brush and pen.
Gotta watch that cake – tricksie stuff that sneaks up on you. Your figs are delicious!
Oh, sigh. Your figs are just gorgeous! Wish you were selling prints. Your post has put such a lovely spin on my day. Thank you kindly.
Thanks for posting all your beautiful work. You are an inspiration!
Aloha, Kate
LOVE the figs. LOVE the little palette you are putting on the pages. LOVE that you are using the cheap paints — {stalking Michaels for the next 2 for $1 cheap paints sale}
hi ivette from spain!- i used my cheap craft paints. they have that nice matte finish like guoaches. usually less than 2$ a bottle.
LOVE!!
Love love love figs! and your painting of them is squishy cool, loves it!
how about that red velvet cake! wowzers, my fav. I have it every year on my birthday.
Happy journaling!
cleaver coverup btw
~Dawn
Very Kalmanesque, Mary Ann! Very beautiful.
Love the figs especially.
I love the look of the seemingly random lines behind the drawing – a new trend will be starting, mark my words 😉
Your figs look delectable; you really captured the colors beautifully.
Re: cake. I love cake! For our “first day of school cake” (any reason to celebrate, right?!) I used a zebra striped box mix from “Duff” which was insanely light. Like I’d made homemade. The way it stripes is super cool! And the homemade cream cheese frosting had them licking the spatula (me too!).
Hello from Spain!
Love your sketches! The figs look amazing.
What did you use? Acrylics, Gouache…?
You are an inspiration.
God bless you.
Beautiful! 🙂
good morning in the evening from Sweden, really like your figs MAM, when are you due in Europe? And Pommegranates looks delish too, jummy =)