I don't know if you did something different style-wise, Stilwell, or whether vegetables really do evoke more rustic-ness than fruits. Your fruits always seem to be posing--even the humble apples. The mushrooms and the parsnip (It is a parsnip, right?) are a little more self-conscious here, not knowing how to take being drawn when they expected to be used in a hearty stew.
(Far be it from me to tell an artist what to do . . . try drawing them with a knife and chopping board and see what happens. Yes, it's the obvious way to pose them, but they might also like it better.)
I think maybe a bit of both. But also on top of that, this drawing was done more as a "study", though it was done as such because I didn't want to spend much time on it. I like this description:
"...a little more self-conscious here, not knowing how to take being drawn when they expected to be used in a hearty stew."
Nothing like a good knife and cutting board to scare the life into them!
Oh, and it is a carrot - a rather thin and meager carrot, but since carrots and parsnips are of the same family (and thus will readily cross-breed) I don't see any big deal, and because of the multiple interpretation thing.
I recommended linking to the new one because I don't think participants will be checking the old one after the new one comes up. But you can do both, of course. =) I'm sure Dauvit will appreciate the comment.
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+JMJ+
I don't know if you did something different style-wise, Stilwell, or whether vegetables really do evoke more rustic-ness than fruits. Your fruits always seem to be posing--even the humble apples. The mushrooms and the parsnip (It is a parsnip, right?) are a little more self-conscious here, not knowing how to take being drawn when they expected to be used in a hearty stew.
(Far be it from me to tell an artist what to do . . . try drawing them with a knife and chopping board and see what happens. Yes, it's the obvious way to pose them, but they might also like it better.)
I think maybe a bit of both. But also on top of that, this drawing was done more as a "study", though it was done as such because I didn't want to spend much time on it. I like this description:
"...a little more self-conscious here, not knowing how to take being drawn when they expected to be used in a hearty stew."
Nothing like a good knife and cutting board to scare the life into them!
Oh, and it is a carrot - a rather thin and meager carrot, but since carrots and parsnips are of the same family (and thus will readily cross-breed) I don't see any big deal, and because of the multiple interpretation thing.
+JMJ+
I'm just practicing my poetic imagery for Wednesday. =P
(That's a suble, non-threatening-enough hint, right?)
Yes. I will if I can get a poem out for the last one by Wednesday.
And if I do get one out for the last one, do I link back to it at Dauvit's or at the new-coming post? I can't remember. I'll guess I'll do both.
+JMJ+
I recommended linking to the new one because I don't think participants will be checking the old one after the new one comes up. But you can do both, of course. =) I'm sure Dauvit will appreciate the comment.
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