DAY 41 TILL DAY 44 OF THE 100 DAY PROJECT

and guess... more Madeiran/Portuguese food.

Day 41: Sopa de Tomate. Tomato Soup with onions and egg.
Day 42: Rebucados de Funcho. Hard sweet made with fennel. Growing up there was only one taste, fennel but now you can choose from banana, passion fruit and berries.
Day 43: Cornucopia com chantilly. Cornucopia/horn made with puff pastry filled with whipped cream and topped with icing sugar.... delicious. One of my favourites. The pastry is not that sweet so it's well balanced with the sugary whipped cream and icing
Day 44: Gaiado. Gaiado is a species of Tuna. That we eat dry. There's lots of combinations that we can achieve with this dry fish. For me personally it's not a fish we ate everyday maybe my mum bought it twice a year.



The materials used were: Winsor and Newton Watercolours
                                         Sakura Pigma Micron 005
                                         Canson Art Book One


To learn more about this project check the following link: https://www.the100dayproject.org/

DAY 37 TILL DAY 40 OF THE 100 DAY PROJECT

and more Madeiran/Portuguese food.
I'm trying to show case my favourite foods from Madeira ( I can't eating them no more since I'm so far away which it's good because I eat a plant based diet.

Day 37: Espada Frita com banana frita, arroz e broculos. Fired Swordfish in batter with fried banana, rice and broccoli. Lots of variations with this dish, you can make it with fried polenta or boiled potatoes. I only eat this dish sometimes in restaurants not at home. I think this is a dish more for the foreigners who visit our island than for the locals. Still is a good dish.

Day 38: Hamburguer do Castelo dos Hamburguers. Burger from Burger Castle, they are freshly made and so delicious... Inside the bread there the burger, lettuce, tomatoes and cocktail sauce. Can't remember if they put onions in it! I didn't grew up with a Macdonalds... This burgers are so much better! And we used to have it with a peach  milkshake or avocado milkshake... Delicious!

Day 39: Pizza de Camarao com ananas. Prawn pizza with pineapple.... cocktail sauce... I miss this.

Day 40: Pizza de Camarao com banana. Prawn pizza with banana... prepared the same way as the praz pizza with pineapple... My favourite pizza... 

The materials used were: Winsor and Newton watercolour

                                          Sakura Pigma Micron 005

                                          Canson Art Book One

To learn more about this project check the following link: https://www.the100dayproject.org/

DAY 33 TILL DAY 36 OF THE 100 DAY PROJECT

...more Madeiran/Portuguese food

Day 33: Pao com chourico (bread with chorizo)
Day 34: Camarao cozido (boiled prawns in water and salt just but delicious...in the summer after a beach day with Martini Rosso... I'm miss my summer holidays!!!)
Day 35: Bife de atum com molho vilao, tomate, milho frito e batata doce (Tuna steak with vilao sauce, tomatoes, fried polenta and sweet potatoes... There's lot of differents ways to serve this dish)
Day 36: Pudim de Maracuja (Passionfruit Pudding) So good!!!



Can you tell I miss all these foods! as a vegan there is so much I can imitate...



The materials used were: Winsor and Newton watercolour
                                         Sakura Pigma Micron 005
                                         Canson Art Book One


To learn more about this project check the following link: https://www.the100dayproject.org/

DAY 29 TILL DAY 32 OF THE 100 DAY PROJECT

And the Madeiran/Portuguese food theme continues...

Day 29: Prego no Bolo do Caco com alface, tomate, ovo frito, queijo e fiambre (Steak in Bolo do Caco with lettuce, tomato, fried egg, cheese and ham)
Day 30: Prego no prato com arroz, salada e batata frita (Steak with fried egg, salad (lettuce, tomatoes, shredded carrots, and sliced onions), white rice and french fries. It's served in a plate and with no bread)
Prego doesn't mean steak. Prego means nail. Have no idea why it's call this way!
Day 31: Bolo de mel. Traditionally made for Christmas and lasts at least a whole year, although it's dried up in those 12 months)
Day 32: Pao com chourico (Bread made from Bolo do Caco with Chorizo)




The materials used were: Winsor and Newton Watercolour
                                         Sakura Pigma Micron 005
                                         Canson Art Book One




To learn more about this project check the following link: https://www.the100dayproject.org/

DAY 25 TILL DAY 28 OF THE 100 DAY PROJECT

... more Madeiran/Portuguese food.

Day 25: Caldo verde. It's a soup made with cabbage, potatoes and chorizo (don't like the taste of cooked chorizo, rarely did I eat it!)
Day 26: Bola de Berlim. It's a cake like a doughnut sliced in half with a cream. Very delicious (oil and sugar indulgence)
Day 27: Prego no pao simples. It's  a steak in a papo seco (a kind of roll, that we eat every day). There are several ways of serving this sandwich, even in a plate (next two drawings)
Day 28: Prego no Bolo do Caco simples. Steak in the traditional Bolo do Caco with garlic butter.




The materials used were: Winsor and Newton Watercolour
                                          Sakura Pigma Micron 005
                                          Canson Art Book One



To learn more about the project check the following link https://www.the100dayproject.org/

DAY 21 TILL DAY 24 OF THE 100 DAY PROJECT

More food from my little island Madeira...

Day 21: Chicharros com molho vilao, cemilha cozinha e salada com alface, tomate e cebola  (chicharro in english is horse-mackerel, cemilha is the regional name for potato)
Day 22: Queijadas. It's a delicious cake and my favourite. Made from requeijao (a kind of bitter and fresh cheese)
Day 23: Polvo de escabeche (polvo= Octopus; escabeche= pickled). It's prepared fresh and can be keep a few days but not keeped like pickled onions (at least not in my family!). It can be very acidic due to vinager and white wine! Still delicious...
Day 24: Malassadas. There's a typical Carnival (Mardi Gras) food but we used to make any time. They are drizzled with Sugar Cane Honey (molasse). Delicious, super sweet and full of oil (not for every day...)





The materials used were: Winsor and Newton Watercolours
                                          Sakura Pigma Micron 005
                                          Canson Art Book One




To learn more about this project check the following link: The 100 day project

DAY 17 TILL DAY 20 OF THE 100 DAY PROJECT

From now on I'll be drawing the foods that I grew up eating (some only on special occasions..never mind).
They are not Vegan!

The names of the dishes will be first in Portuguese (original name) and then translated in English
Day 17: Arroz de marisco (Seafood Rice, with prawns, mussels and clams). Dislike mussels and clams and anything with this texture....blarggghhhh
Day 18: Lapas com manteiga de alho e uma fatia de limao (Limpets in garlic butter with a slice of lemon to drizzle over the limpets.... Delicious!!!)
Day 19: Bolo de Arroz (Rice Cake). One of my sons' favourite cakes. Too dry for me
Day 20: Espetada com milho frito (Espetada: Meat in a skewer made with laurel branch, to the meat is added coarse sea salt, garlic and bay leaves and is barbecued. Milho frito is a type polenta with dark green cabbage that is cooked first and 2 days after fried for better taste) Delicious!!!



The materials used were: Winsor and Newton Watercolours
                                         Sakura Pigma Micron 005
                                         Canson Art Book One


To learn more about this project check the following link: The 100 Day Project

16 DAYS ALL DONE OF THE 100 DAY PROJECT

2 pages of the sketchbook and 16 food illustrations later...

To learn more about this project check the following link: https://www.the100dayproject.org/

DAY 15 AND DAY 16 OF THE 100 DAY PROJECT

Day 15: Blackcurrant Jam Thumbprint Cookies
Day 16: Pancakes with banana and Golden Syrup 






The materials used were: Winsor and Newton Watercolours
                                         Sakura Pigma Micron 005 (new pen not so waterproof...)
                                         Canson Art Book One






To learn more about this project check the following link: The 100 Day Project

DAY 11 TILL DAY 14 OF THE 100 DAY PROJECT

Day 11: Pizza with tomatoes, caramelized onions, olives and vegan cheese ("mature cheddar")
Day 12: Biscoff rolls (same dough as the cinnamon rolls)
Day13 Spaghetti swimming in vegan butter with vegan sausages
Day 14: 2 toasts cut in half with vegan butter and baked beans


The materials used were: Winsor and Newton Watercolours
                                          Sakura Pigma Micron 005
                                          Canson Art Book One




To learn more about this project check the following link: https://www.the100dayproject.org/

DAY 7 TILL DAY 10 OF THE 100 DAY PROJECT

Still food made by me from scratch 😏

Day7: Hot Dog with Caramelized Onions and sweetpeppercorn and sea salt crisps
Day 8: Sausage rolls made with soft pastry dough
Day 9: Peanut Butter marbled brownies
Day 10: Chickpea and sweetcorn patties with french fries and salad (lettuce, radicchio, tomatoes, onion rings and olives) no dressing


The materials used were: Winsor and Newton Watercolours
                                         Sakura Pigma Micron 005
                                          Canson Art Book One


To learn more about this project check the following link: https://www.the100dayproject.org/

PORTRAIT CHALLENGE AT TWITTER FROM @STUDIOTEABREAK

Today's challenge is 'Boy in a Sailor Suit' by Amedeo Modigliani, 1917.

This is my version, a quick sketch, Model resting after posing for the picture:

 You can check today's challenge at: https://twitter.com/StudioTeaBreak/status/928518564969177088


Materials used: Faber Castell 9000 2B
                          Canson's Art Book One Sketchbook

PORTRAIT CHALLENGE AT TWITTER FROM @STUDIOTEABREAK

Today's challenge is 'Judith with the head of Holofernes' by Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1530.

This is my version:

You can check today's challenge at: https://twitter.com/StudioTeaBreak/status/915827662857363456


Materials used:  Sakura Pigma Micron 04 (0.40mm line)
                           Sakura Pigma Micron 005 (0.20mm line)
                           Canson's Art Book One Sketchbook

TWITTER PORTRAIT CHALLENGE BY @STUDIOTEABREAK

   It's been a while since I last post it here!
   @StudioTeaBreak at Twitter as a #PortraitChallenge every Thursday. Go and check it out. Then come back here!

   This week's challenge is a photgraph by E.D. Schott of 'Magrit' .
   Here's my version. I wanted to look more illustration than realistic but I'm afraid I made her look angry. Sorry Magrit!