A Pear-fect Treat

Posted on September 23, 2015 | 31 Comments

I seem to be thinking a lot about pears lately… so after I ate my one for dinner last night, I went to a local Farmer’s Market and bought 3 more!

photo of 3 pears

I needed to warm-up so I did 3 quick scribbly drawings with a ball-point pen to get the feel of their shape:

3 Scribbly pears

Next, I decided to draw a contour of them like I was writing a haiku – with only 5, 7 and 5 lines for each pear shape.  I scribbled water-soluble (Neocolor 2) wax pastels in vibrant fall colors:

3 haiku pears

And softened them with water:

3 haiku pears with wax pastels added

And finished with this written haiku:

Yellow blushing red                                                                                                              A juicy ripe pear-fect treat                                                                                           Sweet autumn harvest.

Have a happy day!  🙂

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31 responses to “A Pear-fect Treat”

  1. artandmoondreams | September 23, 2015 at 2:22 am | Reply

    Love seeing the process and the beautiful result. Combine with your delightful words, a real treat. Thank you for sharing this.

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  2. Jodi | September 23, 2015 at 4:34 am | Reply

    love the idea of warming up with scribbles – what a great idea – I find I need to sometimes do that too and didn’t even recognize it was a warm up. Awesome!

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    • Jill Kuhn | September 23, 2015 at 9:37 am | Reply

      I learned this from Carla Sonheim. First, you just scribble all over a piece of paper like a little kid. Then you start scribbling your subject. It is really fun to do and trains your eyes to really SEE your subject. 🙂

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  3. Catherine Johnson | September 23, 2015 at 4:44 am | Reply

    Love all these versions. Very creative and nice haiku too.

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  4. Teresa Robeson | September 23, 2015 at 4:45 am | Reply

    You always have the most fun and creative way to approach your art! The haiku scribbles one is so clever!

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  5. Laura (Createarteveryday) | September 23, 2015 at 4:49 am | Reply

    Wow and I love the sketches as much as the painting! Yay for neocolor! Beautifully done, Jill. 💛💛💛

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  6. memadtwo | September 23, 2015 at 5:10 am | Reply

    I too love playing games like this with my drawing. I’ll have to try the haiku one…(K)

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  7. Charlie O'Shields (doodlewash) | September 23, 2015 at 5:57 am | Reply

    This is awesome, Jill! ❤️😃Agree that the warm up scribble is a wonderful idea to start. And the outcome is soooo cool! 😎👍🏻

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  8. Sharon Mann | September 23, 2015 at 6:43 am | Reply

    Thank you for the creative warm-up this morning, Jill. I do like the scribbling effect. Your posts are always uplifting, have a great day.

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  9. rebecca | September 23, 2015 at 7:28 am | Reply

    well well well….I feel really close to this post….it is a lovely thing to do….paint pears! And eat them, and draw them….lovely work!!!

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  10. Glenmar Fullmer | September 23, 2015 at 8:31 am | Reply

    You are sooooo cool!

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  11. Minuscule Moments | September 23, 2015 at 1:56 pm | Reply

    Jill enjoyed your process, lovely piece of art. I’m a scribbler too its very freeing. Kath.

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  12. pommepal | September 24, 2015 at 7:41 pm | Reply

    Such a flowing and free form sketch and the dash of colour is perfect.

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