For more than a week I’ve been painting and drawing beets. It took a lot of attempts (more than four, less than ten!) to complete a painting I was willing to post. All the paintings had problems. These were the best of my efforts. I like the beets in the top painting the best, but prefer the foliage in the bottom rendering. I found painting the dark, dull beets and the complex foliage a challenge, so I welcome your suggestions and observations about them.
Now I’m going to peel them, quarter them, toss them with some olive oil and roast them in the oven. Tomorrow I’ll marinade them in a vinaigrette for a while and add them to the salad which will be part of my husband’s birthday dinner.
I am so done with these beets.
15 comments:
I have had a gander at your blog and I love your artwork. You are very talented. I wish i had an ounce of it...
I love the foilage on the bottom picture, but I'm no art expert.
These are great! I too love that spread of colour to the left of your beet greens... and your PEARS!! Yum!
Love the! Great work!
Your beets look wonderful!! and I'm drooling by the thought of them coming out of the oven. Nice colours and that difficult foliage, you handled masterfully!
ronell
I despise eating beets, but love love love their color and gnarly leaves. I think your sketch is successful, loose and lyrical.
beautifully done!
These are fantastic! The color of the beets and the foliage is just perfect.
wonderful! suddenly I feel a strong urge to go and find some beets.
These are just scrumptious. The lovely soft colours in the foliage nearly brought tears to my eyes.
Both look wonderful to me. And I don't even like beets :)
well, i still wouldn't eat them, but i'd hang them on my wall. both look wonderful to me, but i do like the bottom foliage better. nice job!
These are so beautiful and glowing! Your efforts have definitely paid off. I dont' cook beets because they make too much of a mess but I love eating them.
Beautiful beets indeed. Great shadows, and colors overall.
Could you chop up the other paintings and do something with them, maybe? Well done for persevering (that wasn't meant to sound quite so patronising - sorry)
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