Saturday, September 24, 2011

Sketching some produce....Care for a Pear?

threes a crowd

threes a crowd 2
Hi Everyone....I am in awe at all of the amazing stuff at the local markets...and pears have always been neat to me...so I created a little homage to the Pear.....I created the piece above with three....at first I was going to do two and call it.... "a Pair of Pairs" but three just looked better...so this is called "Three's better than a pear"....

Did you know that Italy is the second largest grower of pears? and the United States is third? who knew...but I will only eat the ones grown locally....

I also had no idea that a pear had 6 grams of fiber....now that is a good source of fiber for a mere 100 calories...who knew!!!

They are very good for you...so today I am heading to pick up more pears....we grow 5 types here and they are yummy......

This little sketch is my Sunday Sketch submission .....

Happy Sunday!!!

25 comments:

Anonymous said...

beautiful pears.Who is # 1 growers of pears ,, I'm curious now,,

Art by Darla Kay said...

Thanks for stopping by Diana! I've missed you, I've been a bad, bad blogger the past few months! Hoping to get back in the groove before too long :)
Great pears!!

Robin Panzer Art said...

Hi Diana, lovely pear art for sure! Hey I live in Hood River Oregon and nationally we are the second largest growers of pears in the U.S. with over a billion pears grown here a year!!! http://news.opb.org/article/hood-river-pear-growers-try-different-ways-market/ here's a link to a fun little fact sheet. Anyway, happy Sunday.

Wanda's Wings said...

They look yummy!

Unknown said...

Hi Diana, love the pears....an yes don't keep us in suspense who's 1st?

DoodleDesign said...

Yummy! I just love eating pear. Unfortunately, we can't grow pears here in the hot weather. You're so lucky there :). Enjoy your fruit!!

carol l mckenna said...

Informative post! Lovely drawing ~ so creative! ~ Awesome! ~ namaste, Carol (Share the Creative Journey)

carol l mckenna said...

Diana ~ Wonderful and informative post. Your pears are very creative and well done! ~namaste, Carol (Share the Creative Journey)

Cathy Bueti said...

Great sketch Diana! And I love pears!! So yummy and I did not know about all that fiber! More reason to love them! ;)

Christine said...

so who is the number 1 grower of pears? Nice homage to pears, happy Sunday Sketches Diana!

Melisa said...

Pears always make a beautiful subject. There are so many different kinds! We used to have a huge pear tree and had more than we could eat.

Debbie said...

I never knew all this about pears! Your 3 are wonderful Diana! I love the stitching around them.

Heather said...

Yummy! I love this pear illustration....hope you are enjoying your sunday!

Joni Nickrent said...

What a delightfully delicious sketch...yummy for sure! Happy Sunday Sketches! POP ART MINIS

Janine said...

Hi Diana,
I hope you are doing well,
I haven´t been around for a long time.
It´s great to be back and to see what you have created.
Have a great week
Janine

Michaele Razi said...

I didn't know all that about pears! So pretty!

Teri said...

Your pears look great and now we know even more about them. Thanks.

Alexandra MacVean said...

Your pears look lovely, Diana. I'm not a fan of real pears but I do love to see artwork of them. Nice job and I really like the background for them. :)

trisha too said...

Well, yes, thank you, I would like a pear--yours look delicious!

:)

SaraLynnArt said...

How beautiful! I love the line quality here.

Anonymous said...

Beautiful textures, design and colors. I like how you show us the element you've started with--the pear outline--and then we can see what you created with it. Makes the process seem all the more magical.

Morph Waffle said...

Lovin your pears and the background and frame. I did not know aboiut the pear fiber thing, that's good info!

Kristin Dudish said...

I love your title! Very, very cool :) Pears are one of my favorite things to draw - I love their shape!

xo
Kristin

ArtistUnplugged said...

What a lovely pair of pears plus one! Thanks for all the info! The pear's appeal is appearant indeed!

Lenora said...

Sis not know that - but do love pears and pear art too!

 
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