Left on the vine
Posted: September 14, 2026 Filed under: Uncategorized 6 CommentsSeptember is the most beautiful month in Montreal. Cool nights, warm days, lots of sun. Today I brought a folding stool out into the garden to sketch what’s left of the cherry tomatoes in my very tiny vegetable patch. Mostly it’s just a mass of curling brown leaves and the last of the fruit on the sagging vines — a complex tangle of bursting juiciness and desiccated dryness. Painted on a block of Milford CP paper, using mostly Sap Green, Sepia, Hansa Yellow and Raw Sienna. With a little red thrown in for the tomatoes.
That is wonderful. A very, very complicated subject beautifully done. I’ve been eyeballing ours too, but settled for sitting on the ground today to do a quickie of a squash with a few leaves. Much less challenging!
Melissa, you sketched something and that is what is important, right?? Maybe you’ll sketch the tomatoes another day.
I’m in awe of your ability to create these complex images. It inspires me to keep sketching everyday.
Maureen, that is wonderful to hear.
You give such charm to the drying leaves. Great to see this!
Thanks Joan. I had a lot of fun painting this one.