Wednesday 23 February 2011

Raw Onion

Something raw for EDM.  I always enjoy drawing red onions, all my favourite colours are there.
These are actually better raw than cooked and delicious in salads, fortunately these onions don't smell as strong as white onions otherwise I would have been crying!
Coloured pencil over watercolour.

28 comments:

Gillian Mowbray said...

Perfect sheen on those onions, Cathy. x

Unknown said...

Colored pencil over watercolor... hmmmm.... tell me more! I'd like to experiment with that! This looks so pretty!

Alex said...

Beautiful beautiful! Your colors are as gentle as always, and absolutely suitable for the subjet. ^^ I love cooking onions

Anonymous said...

I'm loving these food postings of yours Cathy ... beautifully done.

bettyfromtexas said...

Beautiful!! I love the soft shadows!!

nanke's stuff said...

Once again you've taken something humble and elevated it to a wee piece of art ... well done! nancy

MaryO said...

Can't add much more to what's already been said, except that I love this! Nice work!

Patsy Taylor-Craw said...

Beautifully yummy colors.

Anonymous said...

Oh wow! That is so cool! I love the colors!

thamizhparavai said...

simply superb...

Pelusa said...

This is just amazing! You have made me want to paint something as beautiful as this onion....

Mari Brown and Colourblob said...

Beautiful drawing, you got all colours and the highlights on there so well. I like this in contrast agings all the wonderful sweets you have drew before : )

Very beautiful!!

Sarah Melling said...

Oooooh...I could stare at this all day. I almost did a red onion, but it wouldn't have been nearly this lovely.

Barbara B said...

It's wonderful, the color, the shine, the shading, the detail. Good enough to eat!

Anonymous said...

incredible. you can tell you really enjoyed drawing this - it has so much love and care.

Unknown said...

I love red onions and you've done a wonderful drawing/painting of them!

Unknown said...

Lovely work, the skin is fabulous :)

AtelierBrigitte said...

Such a simple object and a wonderful, fantastic drawing. Love the colors and the texture.

Sandra said...

Wow! they are so well done.

jill said...

LOVE it! the colors, the contours, the idea. it's all good!

Pat said...

my favourite onion! Well captured and so tempting.......

Unknown said...

Hello Cathy,

What a wonderful, wonderful (so good I said it twice) painting/drawing.
Simply beautiful.

You certainly know your onions!

Do please come visit my blog again sometime - I'll get the cake out (and a glass of port but shussh...don't tell anyone).

Stew.
ElasticUnicorn.

Anonymous said...

Fabulous - I love red onion in a salad!

debra morris said...

Great onions Cathy, love the sheen on the skin!

kazumiwannabe said...

Well done - such a neat, balanced drawing. Your work is one of those that make me want to really get to work and learn more technique, because it's always so neat and you make it look simple! One day I'll stop thinking about it and do it for good!

Ann said...

Beautifully rendered and gorgeous color!

Sara Light-Waller said...

Oh! Beautiful Cathy! :-)

Anonymous said...

There's a coincidence! I have never grown onions before and yesterday, bought a bag of red onion 'sets' for my first attempt.
I love your sketch - the perspective on the onion on the right is not one I have seen before and I think it is great. Nice texture too - again, a bit different to the usual onion paintings! Good to see a new take on the subject.