Pasta Mia

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You should have seen the looks I got when I walked into my favorite pasta place aound noon today and asked if they would mind if I took a couple of quick photos of their (fresh daily) pasta. I think they would have been happier if I had said I wanted to steal some. Especially when I told them, actually, I wanted to paint it. Uh...yeah.

Wonderful pastas and sauces if you are in the area of 

Ibn Gvirol and Lincoln 

(pronounced the local way "Leen'-ko-lyn").

Pasta Mia - 10 Wilson - Tel Aviv

draw a remote

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So, I made a drawing of our "Hot" cable remote.  Needless to say, we pay extra for the special features shown.

draw a rope

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transparent watercolor 10x14 cm

The task was to draw a rope. This elegant egret was hanging out on a rope near the shore just north of Netanya.

Draw a fork

Onat Meduzot*

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Transparent Watercolor 10x10 cm (4"x4")

July is called Onat Meduzot* because our beaches are invaded for the month by thousands of the things. They are creepy and beautiful at the same time.

This little painting was done in response to the challenge for this week of the

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/everydaymatters/

#193...Draw a small part of an every day object.

*jellyfish season

Boats on the Yarkon

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Transparent watercolor 12x16 cm (approx 4.5"x6.5")

This is from the Every Day Matters group.

(Yes, I am more than a week behind already!)

The assignment was to draw "something that floats".

A watercolor sketch of the boats for rent on the Yarkon River, in the old north of Tel Aviv.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/everydaymatters/

Shkalim

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Transparent watercolor on arches cp140

17.5x13cm (approx. 5"x7")

This is a painting from the Web Group I just joined "Every Day Matters". I have only just joined and am not sure of how things work on this group, so this is a trial run, of sorts. A new subject is posted every week. I am jumping in in the middle with last week's assignment #191: Draw some paper money. Maybe I will work backwards, too, but I want to work on what everyone else is working on so I can see how other people handle the subject and maybe learn something along the way.

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For more info, see Karen Winters' blog: http://www.karensblog.com/

EDM's: http://karenwinters.com/kblog/edm-challenge-list/

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The Israeli New Sheqel (שקל חדש, sheqel ḥadash, abbr. NIS; symbol: ₪; also spelled unofficially shekel; pl. sheqalim or unofficially shkalim - שקלים is the currency of Israel.

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When I came to Israel in 2003, I could get 5 sheqel for every American dollar I had. As of today I can only get about 3.50 for each dollar, (which is very bad for people whose savings are in dollars.)

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The first known usage of the sheqel is from Mesopotamia around 3000 BC.

Here is a photo of an old one:

Undated issue (year 3 - 134/5 CE). Bar Kokhba's Tetradrakhm/Shekel/Sela. Obverse: the Temple facade with the rising star. Reverse: A lulav, the text reads: "Year one of the redemption of Israel"