100 Wild Dining Illustrated Meals - Project Update

May 19, 2025 • Botanical Art • cookbook illustrations • foraged foods • Magical Realism • pencil sketches • recipes • storyboards • thumbnails • watercolor prints • wild oregon grapes

The state of the union thus far: Made some significant thumbnail sketch progress on the Beverage, Main Dish, Dessert and Mushroom chapters of the 100 Wild Dining Illustrated Meals project: 28 done. 73 more to go!

This may not look like much to you – believe me, I know – but somehow, in my head, my progress sounds a lot better, especially when I sing it like this – Christmas-style:

” On the first days of spring, my capricious muse sent to me:

1 finished infographic:

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2 new pages of thumbnails:

Thumbnail pencil sketches for Wild Dining Illustrated for main dish illustrations.

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3 finished pencil drawings!

Ostrich Fern Mushroom Pizza

Wild Garlic Pesto on Polenta Squares

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Fermented Pine

4 new wild new recipe ideas!

1. Service Berry Muffins?

2. Groundnut/ Peanut soup A.K.A African Peanut Soup?

3. Acorn Pancakes?

4. Nopales & Couscous Salad?

5 painted meals...:

Atmospheric Watercolor Illustration of Wild Garlic Leek Soup

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Deep-fried Chicken-of-the Woods Mushrooms

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Cattail Pasta

Wild Oregon Grapes Breakfast Parfait

Blooms and Weeds Salad: A wild Flower Salad with Oxeye Daisies and Garlic Chives

…And some hope that somehow I’ll get it all done too!

To view the latest updates, check out the thumbnails for Paw Paw Lime Ginger, or to salivate on more pretty food art, head over to my Portfolio.

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Public Announcement: This blog post was originally published during the holiday season in a Christmas jingle format. It is part of a collection of 354+ posts from my original Wordpress blog "Dreaming Into Being" library. I've now retired and migrated it to “Wander & Paint,” my new blog post at the United Wanderlust art shop. As time allows, I will be reviewing, editing, condensing, updating and releasing a number of these blog posts but not all of them.

Some posts require more precision surgery than others. I'll also probably be publishing new posts as the muse wills it and father time allows. This whole process may take a while but I think these blog post serve as great documentation of my process and reminds me of certain milestones. So, most of them will be made available again- at some point.

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