Showing posts with label Ranch 99. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ranch 99. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Meet the Sketcher: Amy Ventura

I live in the East Bay and have been a jack-of-all-trades in the creative world; I've worked as a graphic designer, have a degree in Fashion Design and love to sketch.

I'm excited to be part of the SF Bay Area Urban Sketchers! Here are some of my drawings from our Ranch 99 outing in El Cerrito.

Crab tank at Ranch 99

Rice and white fungus packaging


Sunday, December 26, 2010

Jana's Ranch 99 Sketches

Soak Squid on Ice, ink & watercolor
Soak[ed] Squid
Ranch 99 Asian Market is a great place to sketch on a dark rainy night. The delicate pink of these cleaned whole squids on crushed ice was the first thing to grab my attention. I Googled "soak squid" to see if it was a variety of squid but from what I read, I think it was pre-soaked in milk or buttermilk for several hours to tenderize it.

Hanging fowl, ink & watercolor
Hanging Fowl, ink& watercolor
Even though I've sketched their hanging fowl before, there were a greater variety this time including one on the right that I thought looked like a rabbit.

Eggplant and Bitter Melon, ink & watercolor
Eggplant & Bitter Melon
I enjoyed the juxtaposition of the similar shapes but different colors piled beside each other.
Dragon fruit, ink & watercolor
Dragon Fruit from Vietnam
The Dragon Fruit again grabbed my attention and one of these days I'll get around to eating one. I fought the temptation to shop instead of sketching so didn't bring anything home this time.