Ganesha Chaturthi 2022

Ganesha Sharanam! Sharanam Ganesha!! Ganesha Sharanam!!! Sharanam Ganesha!...

Chicken with Potatoes

Pollo con patate
Digital colours after black ink on tracing paper.
7,5 x 7,5 / 3" x 3" inches

Brochettes de Boulettes

Meatball skewers / Spiedini di polpette
Digital colours after black ink on tracing paper.
12,5 x 12,5 cm / 5" x 5" inches.

Kairos (a Trip by Ship # 823)

Kairos means "the right time".

Tomato Bruschetta

Digital colours after black ink on tracing paper.
7,5 x 7,5 cm / 3" x 3" inches.

American Style Lobster V-1

Homard à l'Américaine

American Style Lobster / Aragosta all'americana. Watercolour-over-pencil on paper.
12,5 x 12,5 cm / 5" x 5" inches.

Thumbnail sketch. 2,5 x 2,5 cm / 1" x 1" inch.

Happy Krishna Janmashtami

May the Butter Flow for You!
Per voi sempre scorra burro!

Sole meunière - Variation - 2

Sole meunière - Variation - 1

Sole meunière 2

The square on the bottom right of the picture contains a road map leading to the city of Rouen, France.
Julia Child fans will know why!

Gold and watercolour-over-pencil on paper.
12,5 x 12,5 cm / 5" x 5" inches.

Sole meunière 1

Pencil on paper. 12,5 x 12,5 cm / 5" x 5" inches.

Aïgo Bouido (Garlic Soup)!

I am reading and enjoying *My Life in France* by Julia Child with Alex Proud'homme: Bon Appétit!

Pencil and watercolours on paper.
15 x 17,5 cm / 6" x 7" inches.

Azures

Graphite, coloured pencils and inks on paper.
17,5 x 17,5 cm / 7" x 7" inches.

A Small Boat

Miniature (scale 1:25) of the Rhine Harbor in Basel.
Being HERE is like to be Alice!

Swiss National Day 2022

Today in Switzerland is National Holiday.
Click HERE to know more.

A Sunday Vase

Pencil and inks on paper.
15 x 20 cm / 6" x 8" inches.

A Monday Vase

Inks and gold on paper.
15 x 15 cm / 6" x 6" inches.

A Brezel from Sils

Pencil, gold and watercolours on paper.
10 x 10 cm / 4" x 4" inches.
To visit Sils, click HERE!

Variation One

Soft (3B) and very soft (9B) pencil on paper.
12,5 x 12,5 cm / 5" x 5" inches.

Homage to Claes

Now you are there too... with Roy, and with Christo and with Pablo...
Omaggio a Claes Oldenburg (1929-2022).
Hard pencil (2H) on paper; 10 x 10 cm / 4" x 4" inches.
Click HERE for a very nice article about him and his soft giant objects.
The card comes from the Whitney Museum, NYC. I bought it there, November 1986.

Life / Vita

3580 x 3580 pixels.
This blog is 15 years old today.
Click HERE and scroll down for the first post!

Gautama with a Golden Apple

Buddha con una mela "Golden".
Pencil on paper; 12,5 x 12,5 cm / 5" x 5" inches.

Study for a marble Bust

Bozzetto per un busto in marmo.
Pencil on paper; 12,5 x 12,5 cm / 5" x 5" inches.

Melone al Porto / Docked melon ;-)

Ink and WC on paper. 5 x 5 cm / 2" x 2" inches.

Spoon Shadows

Ombre al cucchiaio. 3705 x 3705 pixels.

Sweet Dreams / Sogni d'oro

Papaver! Pencil and WC on paper.
15 x 20 cm / 6" x 8" inches.

Giunchiglia e Giglio

Jonquil and Lily with gold and silver.
Pencil and watercolours on paper
10 x 10 cm / 4" x 4" inches each.

Man with a blue shirt

Uomo con la camicia azzurra
Pencil and soft pastels on canvas board.
18 x 24 cm / 7" x 9 ½" inches.

Peaceful Man / Uomo tranquillo

Pencil on tracing paper. 15 x 15 cm / 6" x 6" inches.

Fireworks by the Atlantic

Happy 4th of July 2022!

Lilium martagon

A page from my album *Botany # 2*.
Gold, silver and coloured pencils.
20 x 15 cm / 8" x 6" inches.

Narcissus jonquilla

Jonquil / Giunchiglia (Narcissus jonquilla).
Liquid watercolours on paper.
10 x 10 cm / 4" x 4" inches.

Centaurea cyanus

Cornflower / Fiordaliso (Centaurea cyanus).
Delft blue and Gold on paper.
10 x 10 cm / 4" x 4" inches.

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