Nibbles and Notes - Day 31

Did you know that cucumbers are 96.4% water?

The last day of my July Food journal 'Nibbles and Notes'. I didn't have time to paint it tonight, too busy painting the walls in my youngest Son's bedroom, but I may colour it in the morning and re-post.

It's been fun to make this journal as well as a learning experience, I've learned alot about my capabilities and the boundaries we set upon ourselves, I've learned to let those boundaries go, I'm free flying and loving it!

Nibbles and Notes - Day 30

Did you know that green potatoes contain alkaloids which can be severly poisonous?

Nibbles and Notes - Day 29

Did you know that in 1475 Turkish law made it legal for a woman to divorce her Husband if he failed to provide her with a daily quota of coffee?

Nibbles and Notes - Day 28

Did you know that ice-cream can be graded by it's fat content with levels ranging from 5-15 percent?
Anything less than 5% can not be called ice-cream.



Very busy and fun day so no time for colour but I may add some and re-post tomorrow.

This page was created as most of my food diary pages have been created, late at night from memory rather than throughout the day as I eat.

I started this month by sketching my food as or just after I ate, with the image still fresh in my mind, but soon found myself leaving longer gaps after eating until I was creating the whole page at the end of the day as a whole.
It has proven to be an interesting, additional challenge to the month and brought with it it some surprises. I've noticed that because the subject was quite a relaxed one I sketched more freely without expectation and enjoyed the results. I like this sketchy, loose way of drawing...it is great fun.
I have also noticed an improvement with my gesture sketches, especially figures. It seems that by allowing myself such freedom I opened up another doorway of confidence, trusting my mind would be able to 'fill in' the gaps if my subjects moved...trusting my memory, something I never thought I could rely on to any huge degree before.
Sketching directly in pen (lead-free as I call it) is something I concentrated on for some time last year and have gradually let go of again, expectations rose and the personal need for accuracy butted in now and then demanding guide lines and an eraser. I had forgotten the benefits that lead-free sketching gifts and quickly promised myself that I would no longer use a pencil and eraser to sketch before picking up my pens.

These are my sketchbooks and journals, they are for practice, emotion, learning, notes, growth, expression...if I am to make mistakes this is where they ought to be 'allowed'.
I am a perfectionist, it took a long time to battle the FOF (fear of failure) and I was so chuffed with myself when I did, so I will not be allowing it back into my life. I'm nipping it in the bud now before it is well and truly planted and it's roots infest my mind again.

I hereby give myself the permission and freedom to fail.

Nibbles and Notes - Day 27

Did you know that pineapple contains bromelain?
There are indications that bromelain may help to break up blood clots.

Nibbles and Notes - Day 26

Did you know that the Kiwifruit originated in China and used to be named the Chinese Gooseberry?
It was made popular by New Zealand growers in the early part of this century and renamed after their country emblem, the flightless Kiwi bird.

Nibbles and Notes - Day 25

Did you know that mussels are an excellent source of selenium which protects the body against toxic metals such as mercury?
It binds with the metal compounds which are then easily excreted from the system.

Nibbles and Notes - Day 24

Did you know that liver is high in iron and excellent for people suffering with anaemia but should only be eaten once a week due to it being high in cholesterol?

Nibbles and Notes - Day 23

Did you know that Tesco hand baked Scottish shortbread fingers contain 105 calories per serving?
They taste delicious!

Nibbles and Notes - Day 22

Did you know that some studies have indicated that coffee contains four times the amount of cancer-fighting anti-oxidants as green tea?



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Nibbles and Notes - Day 21

Did you know that yoghurt may help to prevent bad breath, constipation and diarrhoea as well as aid digestion?


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Nibbles and Notes - Day 20

Did you know that the high content of calcium in cheese may help to reduce the risk of Osteoporosis?

Nibbles and Notes - Day 19

Did you know that a small 4oz bar of dark chocolate contains more caffeine than cup of instant coffee?

Nibbles and Notes - Day 18

Did you know that mushrooms contain copper which is vital in forming connective tissue which supports and separates organs and is found in tendons, cartilage and bone?

They taste exceptionally good in a chow mein too!

Nibbles and Notes - Day 17

Did you know that eggs are a brilliant source of B12 which is vital for the nervous system?

This is as far as I got with yesterday's food intake, I did eat dinner I just didn't sketch it because I was feeling so poorly. Infact, for the first time in a very very long time, I went to bed just after 9pm...Yes 9pm! That is just so not like me. I usually struggle through, ignore my instincts and push myself right through to the early hours of the morning but last night I decided that perhaps my body needed a break and so I listened and went off to bed where I slept straight through until 7.30 this morning.

I must have needed it!

Nibbles and Notes - Day 16

Did you know that rice is believed to have originated in Southern Asia?

Took a class this morning so it's been a bit of a grab and run food day until dinner tonight when I indulged in a huge portion of home made curry and rice.
Managed to sketch my page out after dinner but this evening was a toss up between a family night on the sofa watching Bourne Ultimatum or painting and the family won!

Excellent film by the way!

Nibbles and Notes - Day 15

Did you know that strawberries are believed to cleanse the digestive system and that rubbing a cut strawberry over the face after cleansing is thought to whiten the skin and remove slight sun burn?
Tad sticky I'd have thought!

All of the food sketches in this spread were created super fast at the end of the day from memory.

Nibbles and Notes - Day 14

Did you know that pears are high in natural fruit sugars, making them a quick and convenient source of energy?

Nibbles and Notes - Day 13

Did you know that making nuts a part of your daily diet can reduce the risk of heart disease?

Nibbles and Notes Days 11 and 12

Suffered with a seriously bad migraine throughout yesterday afternoon until this afternoon, hence the Ibuprofen and late food post.
Happy to say it now seems to have shifted and this evening I managed to get back to some sketching.

Click on the images to enlarge and learn a little about mushrooms and brocolli.