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Tag Archives: vegetable art · Erin Sparler

Tag Archives: vegetable art

Red beets illustration

Red Beet Watercolor Ilustration

Red beets have the most incredible color to them! And if you’re not careful they will stain you cutting board, your counter and your hands. But oh they are worth it. Home made red beet eggs have become a staple in our household. And did you know you can eat the leaves to? You can [...]

Using Masking Fluid with Tombo Markers – Drawing Tutorial

Masking Fluid Tutorial

In this tutorial I’m going to demonstrate a cool thing called masking fluid that is used to protect parts of your painting. You painting it on with a brush -or in this case with the super fine needle tip that comes with the SuperNib brand- let it dry, paint over it and then rub off. [...]

I Luv Acorn Squash

Acorn Squash Watercolor Illustration

Baked on a cookie sheet with a little butter and brown sugar! Heavenly!

Broccoli Watercolor Illustration

Broccoli Watercolor Illustration

Broccoli is weird. All of the other fruits and veggies I’ve drawn are round or oblong or leafy. Broccoli is this strange mass of little flower bulbs all massed together in clumps. Stippling here we come!

Purple Bell Pepper Watercolor Illustration

Purple Pepper Watercolor Illustration

Did you know there are purple bell peppers? This is one I the things I love about belonging to community supported agriculture: they often send us things I’m not familiar with or didn’t know existed at all!

Finally drew that spagetti squash

I finally drew – and am now cooking- that spaghetti squash. Looks like I spelled the word spaghetti wrong though (forgot the h!) ’cause I didn’t bother to look it up first. Lesson learned. Sigh… Oh well this really wasn’t my favorite drawing nor is it my favorite vegetable. .

Using Tombo Markers as Watercolors

1. Choose your fruit or object. Do you want to draw it whole? Cut in half? As a slice? Rotate it slowly to find your favorite angle. Observe the shapes inside and out. Take your time just looking at your object before you start to sketch. Let your eyes roam over the object and let [...]