by jenny.monds | Jul 2, 2020 | Uncategorized
My small delight today is a lovely bunch of white flowers from a friend’s garden, which I’ve sketched quickly on some paper I printed this morning. The gift of flowers brings such pleasure, especially when unexpected. These are white with pink centres, have...
by jenny.monds | Jul 1, 2020 | Uncategorized
I love salads and enjoy many vegetables raw, but not red pepper. Cooking really seems necessary to bring out the flavour and sweetness, especially roasting in oil, or grilling until the skin is blackened and then peeling once cool, or used to add flavour and...
by jenny.monds | Jun 30, 2020 | Uncategorized
A quick sketch today from a trip to Brittany earlier this year, trying to capture in a few strokes the light, as well as movement in the water. The sea is endlessly fascinating, not least for the patterns on the surface as the light hits, the shapes of the waves and...
by jenny.monds | Jun 28, 2020 | Uncategorized
Washing-up feels less of a chore now I look out on this pretty bush of sunny yellow flowers. I thought it was St John’s Wort, but checking now I find it isn’t, although it’s similar. The flowers are a bit like short-trumpeted narcissi, and evoke the same...
by jenny.monds | Jun 25, 2020 | Uncategorized
Trying to capture a sprig of the smoke bush. This lovely bush has really dark leaves, some of them almost black but as I turn the branch it shimmers red. It reminds me of fabric that looks two different colours as the wearer moves. The smoke effect...
by jenny.monds | Jun 23, 2020 | Uncategorized
Three months ago, tinned tomatoes weren’t something to which I gave much thought. Then suddenly they weren’t there, and I realised what a staple of my cooking they are. Together with toilet paper, rice, pasta and chickpeas, a can of tomatoes suddenly...
