Saturday, December 27, 2008

avocado & pear


a study of texture and light

13 comments:

AscenderRisesAbove said...

Your pencil work is amazing; the contrasts in texture; the lovely linen work below. Astounding

Mikes blog said...

I tend to sketch very rapidly taking three or four minutes at most, after looking at your drawings, decided that I must get back to really looking and defining with a pencil again, thanks

studio lolo said...

Your pencil sketches bring out the natural beauty in everything. Another awesome drawing, another wow!

Joan Y said...

Study? More like a masterpiece! You make me want to draw!

Kathleen Rietz said...

Draw, Joan. Finish building the damn chicken coop and draw.

Gerald de Dios said...

I'm Speechless....just looking at that texture!

MayY . C 五月媽媽 said...

avocado and pears!
Beautiful!

tlchang said...

As per your usual, your moleskine drawings are lovely.

About how long do you allow yourself to spend on these studies would you say?

Kathleen Rietz said...

Thanks TLC! They are studies, so usually I keep my time to anywhere between 1 - 4 hours. For this one in particular, I think it was maybe 2 1/2 - 3 hours.

get zapped said...

Exquisite detail in light and texture. I can feel the bumpy skin of the avocado and imagine the smooth, tasty flesh inside. I adore your "feel" for the object you draw.

Happy New Year!!

Jakob Werth said...

Nice drawings!

I enjoyed visiting your blog!

andrea joseph's sketchblog said...

Oh gosh, this is unbelievable.

Dean Grey said...

Nice contrast of textures, Kate.

The rough and bumpy avocado compliments the pear's smooth skin nicely.

Lovely!

-Dean