One of my color pencil drawings of vegetables

[lunatica]

Food from Mexico

[braddy]

1. Foods that people currently eat in Mexico, or that originated there?

[lunatica]

4. Mexican cuisine foods

[xxqqqzme]

99. avocados

n/t

[lunatica]

100. For guacamole!

[sheshe2]

2. Excellent

[lunatica]

29. Thank you!

[LenaBaby61]

3. Very ....

Nice

[Thomas Hurt]

5. Nicely done!

[sprinkleeninow]

6. Outstanding artistry! 😍

[drray23]

7. Stunning. I love CP work.nt.

[lunatica]

20. I love drawings too

To me they are just as finished and good as paintings. It was Da Vinci’s drawings that inspired me to draw.

[Newest Reality]

8. Very nice!

My eyes feasted on your flair and style. The proportions and framing are skillful and pleasing and your use of pencils coloring is quite developed.

Thanks!

[lunatica]

18. I did a series of these mainly to develop my coloring pencil skill.

I’m pretty satisfied with them.

[Karadeniz]

9. Luna! That's crazy good! Must be nice to have talent!

[lunatica]

12. It is nice

But there’s some serious heartbreak when you can’t make a living from it.

[H2O Man]

10. Beautiful!

Very impressive!

Recommended.

[lunatica]

16. Thank you!

[Miigwech]

11. Ready to cook up a spicey black bean and vegie soup

[lunatica]

17. Chile picante con nopalitos y calabacitas.

Hot salsa with cactus and zucchini. Yum!

[burrowowl]

106. You are making me hungry

[Silver1]

13. Very nice!

I really like how you outlined everything. It has a really nice effect.

[lunatica]

15. I didn't do it on all the drawings in that series.

But I like the effect too.

[Ohiogal]

14. Wow, that's gorgeous!

Your rendering and your design, both very well done!

[ancianita]

19. That is SO beautiful. I wish I could do that. How did you come to be able to do that?

[lunatica]

21. A lot of practice and the willingness to draw crappy stuff.

For every work an artist shows you there are a hundred we throw away as crap.

[ancianita]

24. Thanks for the reality of the artist's life. Doing crap stuff must be satisfying on

one level, frustrating on another. Do you make a living at this? Or is it a kind of avocation?

[lunatica]

25. No, I don't make a living at it

But over the years people have purchased or commissioned my artwork. There was a time when I did some commercial art. I had to get “real job” in order to make a living.

[ancianita]

27. Would you be for Yang's UBI so this could be your real job?

[lunatica]

30. I do happen to think he's onto our future way of making an income

Otherwise all those companies who hire robots to replace people won’t have anyone to buy their stuff. Except for rich people. All 700 families who are rich now. Not exactly a large market.

[ancianita]

33. I hear you.

[LiberalLoner]

22. Excellent work!

[AllaN01Bear]

23. nice drawings

[lillypaddle]

26. Wonderful

You are very talented. Do you show anywhere? If not, you certainly should.

[CaptainTruth]

28. Wow, that's great!

[bobbieinok]

31. Really nice!

[hibbing]

32. Love it n/t

[pandr32]

34. Excellent!

[TruthAlwaysWins]

35. Really beautiful, Judith!!!

So what's for dinner???

[lunatica]

37. Frijoles con salsa picante y nopalitos.

Yum! You bring the tequila!

[2naSalit]

36. That's very nice!

What kind of paper or surface do you use?

[lunatica]

38. Somewhat sturdy white smooth surface paper

I like the smooth surface for these because the colors blend well.

[2naSalit]

43. Thanks.

I have favorite papers for printing and whatnot but I haven't really considered what would work best for pencil. Normally I use them in those cool coloring books that have mandalas and such. I have a big box of them and I want to enjoy them this winter so I'm getting my supplies lined up. All I need is paper.

There's a nice art supply store in town and the owner is a painter but keeps a good stock of pencils too. I buy my printing supplies from her. I like the place, it's old, in an old storefront where the floors creak... it's rather inspiring.

I like your work, nice blend of color and texture, made me curious about the surface.

[lunatica]

44. The surface of the paper is everything!

I like to draw with a lot of blending and I like the blending to be very soft and smooth so I apply the each color very lightly and then use another and another color over it to get the hue I want. Prismacolor has one pencil used only to blend the colors together. I recommend you get it and try it out if you want smooth blending.

[2naSalit]

47. Oh that sounds like a must have item!

I do the overlay technique with watercolor. I layer each color on then go back after its all dry and use a light wetting then remove excess paint to get the blends. Pencil is a rather hard substance so it certainly needs some kind of something for smoothing. That sounds great. I'm sure the art store will have it. She seems to have everything but Bestine.

That's a great tip, thanks.

[flotsam]

39. Great job!

Last edited Fri Nov 22, 2019, 05:56 PM - Edit history (1)

You're exactly a splash of lime juice and a Cuisinart away from a fine salsa!

Edited because when I read it I recognized that your and you're different things-sometimes I spell poorly and sometimes just two, whoops-to, whoops TOO fast, Damn it!

[lunatica]

45. Bring the margaritas and we'll make it a party!

In Mexico it only takes two people to start a block party!

[flotsam]

50. You entice me, and unfairly so...

Since you will now invade my dreams, you vixen!

[lunatica]

51. You're a foodie aren't you.

Come to think about it, I did start eating more vegetables after drawing them!

[flotsam]

58. I am a twisted foodie...

as opposed to a purist. I'll need time to explain it but I think my rationale is valid. First I should say I love low cuisine-I have spent a ton of time seeking excellence in burgers and hot dogs and succeeded to at least the degree of a successful food trailer as proof of success-it was mine for six years at a time when 90% of all food startups fail in the first three years. I chose the closing only when my partner became ill.

So I worked in low cuisine. I would rather serve a fine hot dog than a mediocre steak. We had chilidogs-my partner had worked the grill at a Connecticut bar that was on chili dog bus tours (and yes-that's a real thing) and we worked in my kitchen for six months to first approach it and finally to (I believe) exceed it. We advertised having the best chili dogs in the state and offered a refund to anyone who claimed a competitor had a better one-in three years only one patron challenged that and only stated he made a better one at home...In burgers it was just beef and making sure the toppings were fresh. We had two specialty burgers-one with sauteed Portobello caps and Sargento aged Swiss cheese and then an apple cider cured bacon and blue cheese burger.

So my thing was doing the basics as close to perfection as was ever achieved in a lunch for $5. Well-if you bought a specialty burger, fries, and a canned soda it was $5.75...

But I digress. I'm a kind of foodie and your drawing was alluring.

[lunatica]

62. You made my mouth water!

I’ve been lucky enough to eat the food that is ethnic and has been cooked for hundreds of years in their respective countries. If I were to say what is the food I crave most there would be quite a few, but hamburgers are right up there in the top five!

It’s nice to try all kinds of cuisine and to enjoy it immensely, but when you find that the food you miss and crave is low cuisine you’re truly a lucky human being.

I grew up on Mexican food so it’s on my crave column a lot!

[flotsam]

70. My actual first chili was a shock

as served by a friend's father in Colorado-I come from Connecticut where beans and tomatoes rule in a "con carne" amalgam that was the norm-a serving of flame charred naked chili peppers was quite a wake up. I don't truly know Mexican food because making a pizza or a chicken Marsala here never truly informs either Italian or French cuisine and what I know of a taco or tamale as delivered in New Hampshire may be tasty without being close to a truth.

Here's the thing. If you can buy the hype that the things you buy are "Korean" or "Indian" or "Thai" or whatever you can get just a tiny bit of what their spice ethic is...what you get will most likely contain more meat than the cuisine favors and also substitution of more available local vegetables, but in their own ridiculous way they give a hint.

Food is a wonderful world. Umami is important. Cumin and sazon rule.It's hard to screw up chicken.

Authentic is both important and hard to come by. Striving for new flavors is important. I rest my rant

[lunatica]

71. Thanks for taking the time to talk about food!

[flotsam]

74. I enjoyed it

I hope I didn't step wrong. I love artistic ladies and could discuss food forever. Mostly your southwestern theme reminds me of places I've never been and regret not having done so. It also reminds me of youthful engagements with other artistic ladies. I found them ethereal and enticing and mysterious. So you draw vegetables, but you seek something unnamed.

[lunatica]

75. The culinary arts are art too.

The people who experiment in their art of choice are the real talent.

But I must say that in the last generation or so ethnic cooking has really made a positive impact. It’s just one of the amazing side effects of our great American tapestry. Restaurant owners are the very immigrants who are opening restaurants and cooking genuine cuisine. The imports of the international spices and ingredients has really improved.

[pnwest]

40. Beautiful!

[Arkansas Granny]

41. That's gorgeous.

[Kind of Blue]

42. Gorgeous!

[Alwaysna]

46. Nicely done!

[democrank]

48. Take a bow!

Wonderful~

[lunatica]

49. Thanks!

OK!

[chillfactor]

52. Beautiful work!

Wish I was that talented.

[Cha]

53. Wow.. that is so Good! Amazing

you drew all those little beans!

I love food from Mexico! Gracias, lunatica!

[lunatica]

56. Thanks Cha!

and thanks for mentioning the beans! I was hoping someone would say something.

De nada!

[Cha]

60. Omg, Si!

You have so much talent, focus, and patience.. I'm in awe!

Los Frijoles are what make it even more unique.. And, the napales!

[klook]

54. OMG, beautiful

This would look good in a cookbook, on a notecard, or on a calendar page -- or in a frame on the wall!! Great job.

[lunatica]

57. I have two of the five I drew on my kitchen wall.

I gave the others away to friends.

But all your location suggestions are good. I hadn’t thought of a cookbook. Good idea. Thanks!

[Kurt V.]

55. i dabble with color pencil drawings. done about 100 or so.

I'm not to your level tho. Beautiful work!

[lunatica]

59. You shouldn't look at art as being on any level

Art is so personal that creating it is already producing a work of art. If it is genuine even a stick figure can stab your heart with awe!

I would miss so much beauty and passion if I judged it!

[Kurt V.]

69. um ok. :/

[appalachiablue]

61. Very nice, thanks for sharing with us!

[lunatica]

63. Thanks for appreciating it!

[Tanuki]

64. Fantastic! I had no idea you were an artist!

[MontanaMama]

65. There's so much to love in your drawing.

I'm digging the tomatillos, the squash blossom and that feisty habanero (or is it a scotch bonnet?) at the bottom. Lovely piece, lunatica.

[lunatica]

67. Salsa verde is my favorite, and I love to cook with it.

The Chile’s are Chile piquin, Chile verde and a jalapeño. I’m not sure what the round chile is.

[mahina]

66. Wow. That is fantastic!

[Joinfortmill]

68. Lovely

[dameatball]

72. This reminds me of seed catalogs and calendars I have received. Your work is quite good.

[warmfeet]

73. Wonderous to behold.

I will be thinking of this now, December, January, February, March, April, May, June and July.

A feast for the eyes, now through next July.

A gustatory feast, next August through next October.

[Native]

76. Wow! You are super talented!

Thanks for sharing.🌞

[3catwoman3]

77. Your shading on the prickly pear and...

...zucchini is perfect.

I feel like I could reach in and pick them up.

[lunatica]

78. Thank you

The zucchini required a completely different application. It’s the only vegetable that I drew by using tiny strokes in various colors and shades. The blending was done by applying layers of tiny strikes.

[magicarpet]

79. Oh,... yum,... looks delicious....

I'll take the tomatoes, the black beans, the sweet & hot peppers, the onions, and what is that up around the top - mushrooms or garlic cloves ? (On the phone now not the laptop - picture small.)

That would all make a delightful warm chili.
Hate to see anything go to waste.





Nice work on the pencil drawing. Got my appetite going.

[lunatica]

80. They're green tomatillos

On the vine they are wrapped in a slightly transparent gauze like covering that you peel off before you make green salsa out of it. They’re in the tomato family.

[magicarpet]

81. Well thank you for the response,...

I love red or green salsa,...

Never made the green. Will have to keep an eye out for the tomatillos, and make a batch.

[lunatica]

82. You make it the same way you make red tomato salsa

The difference is that you boil the whole tomatillos just enough to soften the pulp. Then when you mix all the ingredients you add chopped cilantro.

In any case you can see it on YouTube.

[lastlib]

83. "Pretty good!"...

says the kid who flunked first-grade coloring so he could read about relativistic astrophysics......

[lunatica]

84. LOL!

Well I can render the stars in acrylic paint on canvas but you have to find them first!

“Pretty good” is good enough for me. Thanks!

[Susan Calvin]

85. Where can I buy your stuff? nt

[lunatica]

98. I haven't sold anything for over a decade

and then I was commissioned to do a couple of paintings by my manager. To tell the truth I wouldn’t know where to start. I have a photobucket account which is so I can post here and that’s it. Photobucket does create photographs or posters or copies on canvas in a lot of sizes, which I’ve used, for an incredibly low charge.

I really have no idea what to do.

[PatrickforO]

86. I love tomatoes! This is really well done!

Thank you for sharing - makes me want to have a Mexican vegetable plate! I could really go for a corn/bean salad seasoned with some nice peppers, and a plate of nice fresh squash and tomatoes. That's great food!

[lunatica]

87. Well that's high praise indeed!

I consider my drawing a success!

Now you made me hungry.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

88. Gorgeous!!

[hay rick]

89. You let fruit (tomatoes) sneak into your drawing of vegetables!

Nice work.

[lunatica]

90. You can't make salsa without them!

If you don’t have salsa why bother?!

[redqueen]

91. Pero porque no hay cebollas? Necesitas cebollas para salsa.

Es ajo, verdad?

[lunatica]

92. Es cebolla!

Habían ya tantas cosas en el dibujo que no podía poner mas y mantener el balance. Falta ajo, chayote, papas, aguacate y más verduras.

[redqueen]

93. Entiendo..

Hay tomatillos, esta bien.

[UTUSN]

94. Oh. My. Zeus. This is absolutely gorgeous!

[Alliepoo]

95. Absolutely beautiful!!!!!!

[CrispyQ]

96. You are very talented!

It's so pretty & colorful!

[CousinIT]

97. BEAUTIFUL! Would be a wonderful piece for a kitchen or dining room.

It's enough to make me hungry! Very well done.

[lunatica]

101. I have two of them hanging in my kitchen

I drew a total of 5 pictures of vegetables. All different, of course.

[Mersky]

102. It's beautiful, lunatica

From the theme to the vibrant colors. I like how they’re arranged. I would totally display it in my house - give Etsy a try?

And, am reminded that I haven’t had nopalitos in a while, and need to fix that.

[lunatica]

103. It seems to have made quite a few people hungry

I’ll relax and take that as a compliment. Thank you!

[Mersky]

104. If you knew how much I enjoy good food, then

Please, absolutely know it’s a compliment. Is a way more interesting still life than the standard scenes - therein is the point about theme.

[lunatica]

105. Thanks!

I deliberately avoided the still life look. Just a bunch of vegetables seen from above. The scattered frijoles are to show some indication that the vegetables are on a surface, and to show one more staple Mexican ingredient.

[secondwind]

107. Gorgeous!! And beautiful composition! Just WOW!!

[bif]

108. Very nice!

[CTyankee]

109. So beautiful , lunatica...this is wonderful...

[area51]

110. Beautiful.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

111. Beautiful! I didn't know such detail was possible with colored pencil.

I'll have to try them sometime.

[lunatica]

112. Layering from very light colors to dark colors

And using various shades of each color.

I also found that prismacolor has one pencil you can use to blend the colors once you apply them. It’s a real treasure! It isn’t any color but it does a great job.