TODAY IN THE KITCHEN

Here are a few sketchbook drawings I drew today while working in the kitchen. Sometimes inspiration comes from the mundane moments in life like handing your young son a coveted juice box or stealing a moment to myself to enjoy a nice cup of tea.

I drew the mushrooms and the pickle because they are both polarizing foods in my house. I love a good dill pickle and so does one of my sons, but the other son can’t stand the sight or smell of them and makes his feelings known to anyone and everyone. I also love sautéed mushrooms on just about anything while the kids thinks they taste too much like dirt and wonder how and why the heck I would be willing to eat food that tastes like dirt.

I love the simplicity of drawing in pen on paper. I love making confident contour lines. It is satisfying and terrifying at the same time. You must commit when drawing with pen and I love that feeling of not knowing how my hand and brain will communicate with each other to render whatever object I am hoping to capture.

Plus, I can always find a pen and piece of paper and it is easy to set aside when I am called away to tend to one of the kids needs.

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FAVORITE COLORS

My kids are always asking me what my favorite colours are. It’s a big big deal to them. I guess their favorite color provides them with some sense of identity. They wear it like a badge of honor.

It took me a minute to answer. I mean I have favourite colours for different aspects of my life, but when I took an inventory of my artwork, two colors stood out the most: yellow ochre and Holbein’s Shell Pink.

What are your favorite colours to create in? Are they different from the colors of the clothes you wear? I skew towards black for most of my clothes, but the idea of painting in black seems terrifying to me. The idea of wearing yellow ochre and pink also terrifies me. It’s curious how colors playsuch a different roles in one’s life.

Anyways, I decided to quickly document my current favourite colours with these quick pencil and gouache drawings in my sketchbook.

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