Grape

The Fruity series:

Grape. Uvas. Ubas. Colored pencil on 9"x12" Bristol board.

I drew this grape to replace the tamarind that did not look palatable, even though the tamarind is a tasty sweet and sour fruit that I loved when I was a kid. Tamarind is used for cooking as a base for soups and also may be candied. I don't want to post the tamarind drawing and since I laid out all the fruits I needed one more illustration to make the presentation even. So here is the grape illustration. It took me a while to do this drawing because each grape is composed of six to eight different colors. Yes, I know it is a shade of green but I mixed it with different greens, browns and black, then blended them to achieve the final texture. I hope you like it.

Pineapple

Pineapple, Piña or Pinya because it looks like a pine cone. Colored pencil on 9"x12" Bristol board.

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I love pineapple, (piña in Ilonggo) especially the sweet golden kind found in the tropics. I can smell it, I can taste it, Oh yummy! A pineapple is a bromeliad fruit.

Illustration Friday - Seed of the Chico Fruit

Chico. Colored pencil on 9"x12" vellum Bristol board.

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The chico is my favorite fruit – ever! It has the consistency of a pear and tastes like brown sugar. I will have a chico over any fruit any time. The chico was brought to the Philippines by the Spaniards from Mexico but the rich volcanic soil produces the finest fruits with smoothest peel. I have never seen a chico that is as smooth as the ones I've known in childhood. The peel is edible. The chico does not ripen until it is picked from the tree. It has one black seed in the center of the fruit. Oh, and talking about seed, the coconut is the biggest seed! See Seed Part II

The Fruity series.