Italian Pepper

Another quick sketch from the refrigerator. These fast moving pieces fit in well at this time but it will soon be time to try something with more detail, and color.

I have line on a local framer and hope to talk with her tomorrow about framing the rosemary painting. This weekend I was shown what works and what doesn't when exhibiting in the botanical scene.

Something interesting that I have been meaning to mention... Whenever I post one of these pencil sketches, I immediately see form and shadow I missed when behind the pencil. It's like as soon as it hits the screen it becomes obvious.

Italian Pepper

This is probably my largest painting. I thought my #6 W&N was a pretty big brush until I pecked around for an hour or so and ended up with a blotchy mess. Then I remembered my set of inexpensive sables--Legends from Cheap Joe's--that I picked up a couple of years ago. Switching to a #12 helped smooth things over a bit but that brush sure didn't have much life to it, no snap back at all. I'll be scouting out something to replace that one.