30in30 - Day 29

Sourdoughs

 

I've had my White River sourdough starter over 20 years and it was >100 years old when I got it. 

It makes really delicious hotcakes and bread and rolls, etc. if I treat it right ... one time I did lose it, 

but fortunately I had given some to a friend who shared it back to me!

thumbnail sketch

 charcoal sketch

 alcohol wash

  background

Sourdough Hotcakes       6 x 8 inches       Oil on Arches Oil Paper

detail

We had sourdough hotcakes for breakfast yesterday, and these were leftovers.

 I had thought to also paint our delicious Red Currant jelly - so beautifully magenta-hued (dear friends made and shared with us), but essentially ran out of time and energy! 

 

I was planning something - not really avant garde - but different for me ... (it was going to be a little bit 3D with a tiny canvas mounted on top of this paper ...)

I will try it when I do have more time, and probably use real canvas or board rather than paper.

 

I wonder if Leslie would like some real sourdough someday ... perhaps she already has some. On her

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today she revealed she loves to entertain even more than she enjoys cooking. If you don't know, she holds her painting workshops in her home and one evening makes the class a homemade gourmet meal! She has lots of energy.

I am glad that I did have the energy to do a painting a day for September. Tomorrow is the last day. Guess I had better search the fridge.

Thanks for viewing my paintings!