Sunday, July 24, 2011

Summer colors

"Royal Burgundy" beans from my garden
Prismacolor on Strathmore Bristol - Vellum

(My summer obsession with cool colors continues...)

These beauties come from equally lovely plants—deep green leaves with purple stems. And they're tender, stringless and tasty. Interestingly, their color changes to green when you cook them, which just sort of adds to their rather exotic appeal, don't you think?

9 comments:

  1. Sarah...such delicious colors! A feast for the eyes!

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  2. These beans definitely sound interesting! I love how you have sketched them. They are very attractive.

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  3. Wow - fantastic colours (and I'm hugely impressed that the 'models' came from your own garden!). I shall look out for these.
    Sue

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  4. Stringless beans?! These are a must-have/must-do, Sarah! Thank you for introducing me to them..though I am not a gardener, this is something to search for. (My mother-in-law would swoon!). Lovely illustration - they look velvety, too. I hope you're enjoying this cool-ish summer! Always so good to see your visit - and I must get that DVD with commentary..I can only imagine how interesting it would be!

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  5. Wow, these beans look amazing, i love all the subtle variations in tone, beautiful.

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  6. I never knew beans came in any color but green! These are beautiful.

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  7. I love purple beans, & you capture their complex tones expertly here. Also, thanks for the link to the botanical show, a real treasure trove.

    And yes, you were right about the Oddments series! :-)

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  8. Wow, these are beautiful! All those colors!

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  9. You have a great eye for colour - the beans are jumping off the screen at me!

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