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FEELING PEACHY

              Peaches-Horizontal Group             

For over thirty years, I’ve illustrated food. I loved the challenge of rendering fruit; each variety had beautiful colors and textures to capture.

Peach Fuzz

With peaches, I always used an opaque medium (usually colored pencil) for the reflected light at the edges of the fruit. This gave the impression of “fuzz” because opaque mediums have a bluish cast.

This was one of my earliest jobs of my career. The fruit is very stylized here.

This was one of my earliest jobs of my career. The fruit is very stylized here.

Rousseau FruitThe illustrations I am sharing below were used on labels to indicate peach flavor for bath soap, baby food, sour candy, tea, yogurt, beverages, jam, wine cooler and sorbet.

Peach and half Peaches Two Peach Group with Pit Peach Branch Peaches Cropped Peaches and wedges

This illustration is currently on jars of Beechnut Baby Food.

This illustration is currently on jars of Beechnut Baby Food.

Peach & Candy SplashPeach Juicy Peach Group Peach with Stem

Just for fun, I’ve included some other fruit images in addition to peaches on labels groupings.

A marker layout in progress.

A marker layout in progress.

Before creating my final painting, I always provided sketches to my clients.

Before creating my final painting, I always provided sketches to my clients.

Peach Tea

This was a recent illustration.

This was a recent illustration.

Peaches VerticalRemarkable LabelsPeach Frame
Randall's Jams 6Peaches, Strawberries, and Blueberries

These paintings were rendered with markers, colored pencils and/or watercolor dyes. My motto is “whatever works.” I have a blog where I describe my technique and have a lot more information. It is at: 

http://foodartist.wordpress.com

© 2013 by Judy Unger, http://www.myjourneysinsight.com and 20 Lines A Day. Unauthorized use and/or duplication of this material without express and written permission from this blog’s author and/or owner is strictly prohibited. Excerpts and links may be used, provided that full and clear credit is given to Judy Unger with appropriate and specific direction to the original content.

 


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secuestros de niños o este nido de violencia

Hoy cumpliría cien años mi abuelo.
Que triste es todo, nos va ganando la apatía y de paso caemos en psicosis. Me preguntaban hace algunas horas de lo que pienso de los secuestros de los niños, es que ahora resulta que los delincuentes especializados al menos eso se suponía, ahora trafican con niños, propiamente no con niños, sino con los órganos de los niños, o eso es lo que dicen esas madres preocupadas, de cuya voz nace un hilo muy delgado de violencia, ellas dicen: “primero muerta antes de que le hagan algo a mis hijos, con las uñas o con lo que tengo, yo los mato”, la verdad es que ya no se ni que creer, pienso que se trata de una cruda y cruel ficción, que esas cosas en realidad no están pasando, es decir, quien en su sano juicio se atrevería a tocar a un niño, atentar contra su vida y entonces me asaltan los miedos, ya no solo vamos a perder a los amigos, a los conocidos, a los vecinos, a alguien de la familia, sino que nos vamos a quedar sin hijos y si antes hablamos de muertos y desaparecidos, no quiero hablar de niños secuestrados, de niños que serán encontrados muertos, yo no quiero hablar de esa violencia. Dicen que esas cosas ya empezaron que es algo inmediato, cotidiano y las mujeres que trabajan ya quieren renunciar a sus trabajo, ya no quieren que sus hijos asistan a la escuela, ya se quieren mudar, de ciudad, de país, de vida, ahora que según nosotros aprendimos a convivir con la delincuencia, ahora que nos acostumbramos y decíamos ser felices, ahora nos damos cuenta de que somos muy tristes. Yo no quiero hablar de las ausencias, de la falta de alguien, de las cosas lamentables. Me despido de los amigos y cuando les digo nos vemos mañana, ellos me dicen, ojalá y que así sea, se van espantados. Padres que no lograran ver acaso cumplirse los deseos de sus hijos y la promesa que estos padres han hecho con ellos, y la amenaza diaria, ya no de una bala, sino la de un secuestro. Creo que todo lo que pueda decir es poco para describir estas emociones y esta profunda tristeza.


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Innocence returns

I, Davros: Innocence

I, Davros: Innocence (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

 

Youthful innocence not clouded by reason

 

devoted uncaring , tattoos of a demon

 

consciously knowing that all good things end

 

dreaming of days that wont be condemned

 

sleeping in daylight , stalking the night

 

innocence returns with minds full of fright

 

soon days disappear without our request

 

feelings turn black in total distress

 

innocence is funny it returns when were old

 

innocence is precious , should treat it like gold

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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Trust Betrayed

Trust isn’t what it use to be anymore

tell a person a secret and in a matter of seconds

it seems like a thousand people know.

It’s sad how someone can look you straight in the eyes

and watch you eat something that they know they put something

in that would hurt you.

It’s sad when a person is nice to you only by voice

but when they see you, they break down with some syndrome

where hurting the person is the only way they know

Sometimes no matter how you feel

you can’t always keep a line of communication open if you are the

only one getting hurt.

Just because you walk away doesn’t mean a person is going to leave you alone.

Their greatest joy is knowing that they are still hurting you.

Trust isn’t what it use to be anymore,

that’s why people put up so many walls

that when the right person comes around

your always going to be hiding

all because trust is what broke you apart.

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c u r r e n t

thCATFL0QD

i

walk

these

city streets
leaving

a

q u i e t

reply

in this
discordant
cavernous

world

…..and

……floating

….smooth

…in

my

c u r r e n t

hushed

scribbling

scattered

seed

here
and
there

m u s i c

at my

ear

sowing

d r e a m ing

hoping

an

echo

m e m o r y

return

of

b e a u t y

might

will

r e m a i n

r e m e m b e r

r e s i d e

where
there
was
none
.
.
.


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personajes

Otras posibles historias me desnudan esta noche y de paso se llevan estas ganas de quedarme dormido. He llegado al borde de ellas una y otra vez hasta quedarme en silencio; en la noche suele pasar todo, el silencio es cómplice y en mi oreja no deja de sonar la voz de alguien que parece invisible al resto de las personas, pero que en mi imaginación puede caminar y me muestra la oscuridad de sus pensamientos y me enseña a memorizar y a creer todo lo que me deja ver con sus ojos oscuros. Las tomo de las manos y caminamos juntos, sobre hojas muertas y de vez en cuando volteamos al cielo para ver esas incontables estrellas. Lo he memorizado todo, pero es imposible escribir de memoria, algo propio es lo que se llevan conmigo esas personas que habitan en mi mente y dan vida a mis historias.


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some memory’s are better than others

Do You Remember the First Time?

Do You Remember the First Time? (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

With everything I can’t remember , a random memory will( it seems) rear it’s being at the exact time as I didn’t need to remember it… is it getting older…Hmmmm I’m not so sure…I’m thinking we lose certain memory’s to maintain balance ..with that said (just my opinion)…I read some of my old posts (I was in a very dark place for a while) but I never really remembered some of them …really weird …, I have also been dreaming some things from the past , dredging up old pain …. I don’t know why….I wish it would stop tho….any way I’m done rambling for now …Have a good night all…peace

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