Wander and Paint — drawings

Coup De Coeur: Fantastic Art #7 - Valentine Hearts

chalk chalk board art drawings Hand-lettering Valentine Day

Coup De Coeur: Fantastic Art #7 - Valentine Hearts

[...]There’s a real opportunity to create cool designs in chalk – this trend of creating ephemeral art really fascinates me. However, I have to admit, it was a bit difficult finding cool designs with hearts as a central theme. Maybe that's just not popular. I don't know...

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Coup de Coeur: Fantastic Chalk #5 - The Whole Enchilada!

colorful dramatic paintings drawings Hand-lettering sunflowers

Coup de Coeur: Fantastic Chalk #5 - The Whole Enchilada!

[...]Alas, perhaps someday if I ever find my way back to Minneapolis, I’ll swing by for another Mayan bowl, one of my go-to treats, and be ready with a better camera - if the place still exists and the artist still draws...

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Painting Dragons: A Journey Back to Creativity - Part Deux

acrylic painting Antigua drawings Guatemala Murals slow travel wanderlust

Painting Dragons: A Journey Back to Creativity - Part Deux

[...] The crows feet at the corner of his eyes deepened. To my chagrin, he was now grinning from ear to ear. Either he was ecstatic at returning back home, or he’d actually just read my mind. Well. At the very least he had a sense of humor...

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100 Wild Dining Illustrated - Ostrich Fern Pizza

cookbook illustrations drawings Food illustration forage foods Ostrich Fern pencil sketches slow food Wild foods

100 Wild Dining Illustrated - Ostrich Fern Pizza

It was dark in the garden but I was hooked.

A friend of mine, a few years ago, introduced me to wood-fired ostrich fern pizza. Me and a group of friends had to hunt for the fiddle heads first throughout the garden, where there was barely any light left in the sky to illuminate the way-- and it was damp.

..but so worth the wait...

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100 Wild Dining Illustrated - Wild Garlic Mustard Pesto and Polenta

cookbook illustrations drawings Food illustration forage foods Meals pencil sketches Process drawings Process sketches Wild foods

100 Wild Dining Illustrated - Wild Garlic Mustard Pesto and Polenta

[...]. Even though I unfailingly destroy the crisp layer on the polenta squares every time I make them, I forever keep trying to achieve a perfect crispy skin. One day I will succeed - whenever I  finally dedicate time to do it right...

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