Peppers and Passover!

     One of the best aspects of drawing food is the variety of shapes and colors. Peppers feature both. How many of these peppers can you name? How many have you tried? Healthy eating offers an ever-increasing range of options for trying new foods. Before I started to eat healthier I did not know there were so many kinds of peppers.

     Below I placed these peppers on some kitchen products. It's fun to imagine printing fabric and creating useable items!

     Last but not least, Passover is coming up next week! This is definitely a food holiday. In fact, the center piece of the holiday is a plate featuring some of the food items below (plus there are many cups of wine!) The graphics below from left to right are a shank bone, apple-raisin mix, matzo, parsley, egg, wine glass, horseradish, lettuce and wine bottle. The text is a Hebrew saying from the Seder which means "next year in Jerusalem". 

Colorful Carrots

   
     I created these carrots around the time I drew the peppers in the last post. In both cases I was inspired to draw produce that comes in an array of colors. I also had fun with trying out different colors and marks for each of the carrot greens on top! 

     Next week I'll show how I chose one of these drawings (the peppers or the carrots) to elaborate further...

     This drawing uses artist quality colored pencils, markers and micron pens on Strathmore paper.

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Colorful Bell Peppers

     One experience I've been enjoying recently is playing with different media and styles. For this drawing of peppers I experimented with different combinations of colored pencils and artist ink markers. I wanted to draw vegetables in a variety of colors and this subject satisfied that desire! 

     This drawing is 9x12" on Strathmore artist paper.

Bug Zapper

     This week's post is an editorial illustration based on an article called Bug Zapper. The title alludes to the use of irradiation to remove bacteria from food. However, the real focus of the article is the debate about irradiated meat and if it is safe to eat or not.

     I want this illustration to subtly make light of the topic in the article. I show the lab technicians zapping meat with silly looking tools and protective masks. This is because I consider this debate to be of little importance. The bigger picture is that irradiated or not, meat causes a lot of negative long-term health problems.

     This is a mixed media illustration using graphite, colored pencil and Photoshop painting. Lately I'm really enjoying combining all sorts of media together.